OK after reading THG's article about DDR400 Kills Rambus:
Shooting Star SiS 648 for P4(http://www.tomshardware.com/mainboard/02q3/020720/index.html)
I'm a little bit confused as to what the SiS 648 actually supports. In the review, Tom's says that the chipset supports DDR 400 memory, and yet I have been unable to find any references on motherboard manufacturers sites that say it supports anything above DDR 333. So what gives?
Will the Asus P4S8X board be able to handle, say Corsair DDR 400 with Cas2 or Cas 2.5?
The reason I'm asking is that the truth be told I would much prefer to purchase and run the faster memory, but I would hate to get stuck with the memory and it not work on the Asus P4S8X board.
Does it require over-clocking to run the DDR 400 memory? Or is it not officially supported, but the board can handle it?
Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
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Another question: say if I bought the faster ram and I couldn't run it at DDR 400, would I be able to Under-clock it to DDR 333? and therebye still be able to use the memory? I just read this review(http://www.accelenation.com/?doc=162&page=2) and it shows that the 512MB Corsair XMS3000 was used both at 333 and 400 speeds. So would that be a safe medium to jump from 333-400? This test was run on SiS's reference board, so I'm hoping Asus' can perform as well.<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by nahKli on 09/09/02 10:23 AM.</EM></FONT></P>
Shooting Star SiS 648 for P4(http://www.tomshardware.com/mainboard/02q3/020720/index.html)
I'm a little bit confused as to what the SiS 648 actually supports. In the review, Tom's says that the chipset supports DDR 400 memory, and yet I have been unable to find any references on motherboard manufacturers sites that say it supports anything above DDR 333. So what gives?
Will the Asus P4S8X board be able to handle, say Corsair DDR 400 with Cas2 or Cas 2.5?
The reason I'm asking is that the truth be told I would much prefer to purchase and run the faster memory, but I would hate to get stuck with the memory and it not work on the Asus P4S8X board.
Does it require over-clocking to run the DDR 400 memory? Or is it not officially supported, but the board can handle it?
Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
-Edit-
Another question: say if I bought the faster ram and I couldn't run it at DDR 400, would I be able to Under-clock it to DDR 333? and therebye still be able to use the memory? I just read this review(http://www.accelenation.com/?doc=162&page=2) and it shows that the 512MB Corsair XMS3000 was used both at 333 and 400 speeds. So would that be a safe medium to jump from 333-400? This test was run on SiS's reference board, so I'm hoping Asus' can perform as well.<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by nahKli on 09/09/02 10:23 AM.</EM></FONT></P>
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