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Ah yes, Ted, I agree with all of your points. Perhaps I
originally should have started a new thread, but since the topic
of differences in speed came up here I thought I would ask. I was
just wondering if in a new Dell, the difference in going from 333
to 400 was worth much (It seems that you can only get 400 MHz
memory in packages that include a lot of other stuff that I am not
interested in). I also realize that it's not as simple as
"400/333 ~ 1.2 = 20% faster", thus the part of my note that asked
if the change in performance was anywhere near 20%. This would be
a theoretically upper bound, and I was wondering if there are any
circumstances where the difference approaches this upper bound.
Any thoughts on how much improvement going from 333MHz to 400 MHz
memory provides in computationally intensive work with large data
sets would be appreciated. TIA Steve
"Ted Zieglar aka "Rocky"" <teddyz@notmail.com> wrote in message
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> The real life difference between 333MHz and 400MHz memory is
beside the
> point. If you don't use components that were designed for each
other, sooner
> or later you'll run into some freaky error message.
>
> As for the difference in speed, it's not as simple as "400/333 ~
1.2 = 20%
> faster". I wish it was that simple! There are many factors that
affect the
> speed of a computer at any time, including what kind of
processing it's
> being called upon to perform. I am a recovering Tom's Hardware
Guide addict
> so I know that individual benchmarks are often meaningless in
isolation.
> --
> Ted Zieglar
> formerly "Rocket J. Squirrel"
>
>
> "Steve" <crunkNO@SPAMmath.sjsu.edu> wrote in message
> news:LQlOc.2105$Bi2.156@newssvr27.news.prodigy.com...
> > Any idea how much "real life" difference there is between
333MHz
> > and 400MHz memory? Say on a 3.0 GHz processor, 800MHz FSB,
all
> > else being equal, performing a computationally intensive task,
> > would the later machine perform anywhere near 400/333 ~ 1.2 =
20%
> > faster? Just wondering. Steve
> >
> > "Christopher Muto" <muto@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
> > news:lnaOc.11139$zf3.6113@trndny03...
> > > the dimension 8400 supports dual channel memory for faster
> > access. dual
> > > channel requires like memory to be installed in like pairs.
you
> > can install
> > > single modules but the best performance is achieved when
> > installing like
> > > pairs. the 8400 take pc3200 or pc4200. you could try your
> > pc2700 module,
> > > but it would probably not work... or if it did work it would
be
> > at the
> > > slower speed of 333mhz instead of 400mhz of the pc3200
memory.
> > >
> >
http://www.upgradingandrepairingpcs.com/articles/upgrade12_02_02.asp
> >
> >
>
>
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