XMS2700 Corsair twinpack, slow benchmark

[badassjedi]

Athlon 2400+
Asus A7N8X
GeForce Ti4200
512mb Twinpack of Corsair XMS 2700 CL2 (two 256mb sticks)

When I run the Sandra memory bandwidth benchmark I get around 2000 mb/s for the top bar and about 1950 mb/s with the lower bar - are these bad results for my system setup? It should by synchronous and extremely fast. Is there a setting I need to alter in my BIOS, the multiplier perhaps? Also, the test says it uses 256mb for the test, is it not testing using the dual channel mode?

thanks, badassjedi

 

[marneus]

Does the 2400XP run at 333fsb, thought it was only 2500 & higher that had this...
what does windows/BIOS say about your amount of memory in the system???

Hmmm, wonder if I can get a valid page fault ???
these invalid ones are far too commonplace...

 

[badassjedi]

No the 2400+ doesn't run at 333.

My BIOS tells me I have 524 of RAM.

Should I get two PC2100's to run in-sync with my CPU? Or do you think PC2100 is too slow, even in dual channel sync mode?

Or should I just return my 2400+ for a 26 or 2700+ for the 333MHz bus and use the Corsair XMS PC2700 RAM that I have?

badassjedi