BF2S Forums DDR RAM Advice needed plz

I'd recommend coirsair @ www.newegg.com

You can get value ram or performance ram, their both the same in terms of capacity, but the timings are different, so yeah, one is faster, the other isnt as fast.

I have: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6820145575 which performs very well, and is compatible with your board too. You may have to configure the timings in your system bios to the advertised speed (2-3-3-6), my board set them higher when i installed it, so changing it lower is pretty easy.

Jumping from 512 to 2GB (Which I did not to long ago).. you will definately notice the difference.

Last edited by Ryan_Mercury (2006-04-18 03:17:46)

Thank you for ur help but to go little more detailed:

Field    Value
Computer   
Operating System    Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Service Pack    -
DirectX    4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name   
User Name    Wim
   
Motherboard   
CPU Type    Intel Pentium 4 520, 2800 MHz (14 x 200)
Motherboard Name    Asus P4P800S SE  (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 2 DDR DIMM, Audio, LAN)
Motherboard Chipset    Intel Breeds Hill i848P
System Memory    512 MB  (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type                    AMI (02/24/04)
Communication Port    Communicatiepoort (COM1)
Communication Port    ECP-printerpoort (LPT1)
   
Display   
Video Adapter    NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700LE  (256 MB)
3D Accelerator    nVIDIA GeForce FX 5700LE
Monitor    LG Flatron L1915S  [19" LCD]  (141245825)


my Motherboard monitor

Field    Value
Motherboard Properties   
Motherboard ID    65-0503-000023-00101111-022404-I848P$P4PSS023_BIOS DATE: 02/24/04 12:53:47 VER:                          08.
Motherboard Name    Asus P4P800S SE
   
Front Side Bus Properties   
Bus Type                    Intel NetBurst
Bus Width                    64-bit
Real Clock                    200 MHz (QDR)
Effective Clock    800 MHz
Bandwidth            6400 MB/s
   
Memory Bus Properties   
Bus Type                    DDR SDRAM
Bus Width                    64-bit
Real Clock                    200 MHz (DDR)
Effective Clock    400 MHz
Bandwidth                    3200 MB/s
   
Chipset Bus Properties   
Bus Type                     Intel Hub Interface
Bus Width                        8-bit
Real Clock                      67 MHz (QDR)
Effective Clock    267 MHz
Bandwidth                    267 MB/s
   
Motherboard Physical Info   
CPU Sockets/Slots    1 Socket 478
Expansion Slots    5 PCI, 1 AGP
RAM Slots                    2 DDR DIMM
Integrated Devices    Audio, LAN
Form Factor    ATX
Motherboard Size    210 mm x 300 mm
Motherboard Chipset    i848P
Extra Features    Asus Intelligence, JumperFree, Stepless Freq Selection
   

and to go finally my overclocking

Field    Value
CPU Properties   
CPU Type    Intel Pentium 4 520
CPU Alias    Prescott
CPU Stepping    C0
Engineering Sample    No
CPUID CPU Name    Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
CPUID Revision    00000F33h
   
CPU Speed   
CPU Clock                    2804.68 MHz  (original: 2800 MHz)
CPU Multiplier    14.0x
CPU FSB                    200.33 MHz  (original: 200 MHz)
Memory Bus    200.33 MHz
   
CPU Cache   
L1 Trace Cache    12K Instructions
L1 Data Cache    16 KB
L2 Cache                     1 MB  (On-Die, ECC, ATC, Full-Speed)
   
Motherboard Properties   
Motherboard ID    65-0503-000023-00101111-022404-I848P$P4PSS023_BIOS DATE: 02/24/04 12:53:47 VER: 08.
Motherboard Name    Asus P4P800S SE  (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 2 DDR DIMM, Audio, LAN)
   
Chipset Properties   
Motherboard Chipset    Intel Breeds Hill i848P
Memory Timings    3-3-3-8  (CL-RCD-RP-RAS)
PAT    Disabled
   
SPD Memory Modules   
DIMM2: Ramaxel's Making    512 MB PC3200 DDR SDRAM  (3.0-3-3-8 @ 200 MHz)  (2.5-3-3-7 @ 166 MHz)  (2.0-2-2-6 @ 133 MHz)
   
BIOS Properties   
System BIOS Date    02/24/04
Video BIOS Date    04/18/05
DMI BIOS Version    1005.003
   
Graphics Processor Properties   
Video Adapter    nVIDIA GeForce FX 5700LE
GPU Code Name    NV36LE  (AGP 8x 10DE / 0343, Rev A1)
GPU Clock                    225 MHz
Memory Clock    199 MHz

WOW dude,

If I read everything correctly from what I've seen in your specs your memory really suck no offence...
Unless you over clocked the memory it's running at timings of 3-3-3-8 @ 200Mhz single channel not very good and your biggest problem next to the video card, hence the upgrade right?

First off your only using one stick even though the P4P800SE is a dual channel board you probably know this.

My personal suggestion would the the 2x1G of OCZ platium, they will run at 2-2-2-5@200MHz and keep very respectable timings at higher fsb.


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6820227080

This pair is less than 200 bucks it's acctually rated at 500 MHz ddr @3-3-3-8 but will do muct tighter timingas at ddr 400 Mhz DDR (PC3200, fsb 200Mhz), probably 2-2-2-5 or at least 2-3-2-5.

OCZ Plat's have several different models in 2x1G in anycase they will all perform about the same when given the same timings. The major difference between the plat's is what they are actually tested for not nessary what they are made of.
Like OCZ, Patriot also makes some good stuff at reasonable prices but have no personal experience with them.

These look good too and it's tough to beat 141 after rebate.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6820227084

*ToRRo*cT| I'll respond to your personal message here,

Glad you didn't take my statement that your memory was crap as a personal attack. :-)

It's just not that good (cas 3 at 200 MHz or cas 2 at 133Mhz)... don't worry about the overclocking yet you don't have the memory to support it. Your "crashing to DOS" isn't really crashing to DOS, you simply set something on the computer beyond the allowable limits and the computer decided to set you back to the BIOS (not-dos) to change your over agressive overclock back to something reasonable.

Before you do anything else get 2G of memory the ones I pointed out are good, seconded by sixshot I believe (he knows his stuff as well).

Get teh memory first and lets take it from there.

The graphics card is your second worst one the 5700LE leaves much to be desired. But in anycase even if you had a really good memory card you probably wouldn't be doing that well b/c the memory would be holding you back considerably.

Glad you took the time to read my sticky.