Memory Timings - How does it work???

2006-08-22 18:45:36

#1

Dingarth: Member; +17|6626|Australia

I have the following ram.

Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400 (2x XMS2 1GB) Twin2X PC-6400 DDR2 RAM 2x240-pin DIMMs Non ECC Unbuffered 5-5-5-12

When I use Everest to look at my computer it says the ram is running:-

(5-5-5-18 @ 400mhz) (4-4-4-13 @ 270mhz)

What does it mean??? I thought it was supposed to be 800mhz ram?

I'm running a AM2 4600+ on an Asus M2N-Sli deluxe board.

Is this ram good for overclocking??

I know a few questions....sorry.

2006-08-22 18:46:58

#2

stryyker: bad touch; +1,682|6754|California

timings are the latency/rate of transfer that the ram can handle..

lower the better

anything over 3-3 + isnt going to give the best performance

2006-08-22 18:52:42

#3

Lt.Garbo: Commander God; +41|6690|Denver, CO

How do you change the timings? I can't find it in the BIOS!

Pentium 4 3.8 GHz w/ ASUS P5N32-Sli Deluxe

2006-08-22 20:40:45

#4

Viper007Bond: Moderator Emeritus; +236|6839|Portland, OR, USA

You can change your timings a little, but mostly it's based on the quality of the RAM.

https://bf3s.com/sigs/044900892044e7fc95e599e832a086ae9bcd7efb.png

2006-08-23 03:02:56

#5

Lt.Garbo: Commander God; +41|6690|Denver, CO

I have Corsair DDR2 PC2 5400 (2 GB)

2006-08-23 03:31:24

#6

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|6750

lower timing the better (for AMD), higher bandwith the better (intel)

https://cache.www.gametracker.com/server_info/203.46.105.23:21300/b_350_20_692108_381007_FFFFFF_000000.png

2006-08-23 05:18:26

#7

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6635|132 and Bush

Tighter = Good.

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2006-08-23 05:31:25

#8

Viper007Bond: Moderator Emeritus; +236|6839|Portland, OR, USA

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
lower timing the better (for AMD), higher bandwith the better (intel)

Wait, WTF, higher is better? I don't think so, else RAM would be like 50-50-50-50.

And here's my timings on my P4 PC:

https://images.viper007bond.com/computer/mynewcomputer/cpuz_stockcpu_2gigs.jpg

OCZ Gold PC 3200 (4x512)

2006-08-23 05:44:58

#9

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|6750

Viper007Bond wrote:
cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
lower timing the better (for AMD), higher bandwith the better (intel)
Wait, WTF, higher is better? I don't think so, else RAM would be like 50-50-50-50.

And here's my timings on my P4 PC:

http://images.viper007bond.com/computer … _2gigs.jpg

OCZ Gold PC 3200 (4x512)

higher frequency the better, lower timing the better but intel cpus dont get affected by timing as much as amd cpus though

2006-08-23 06:22:44

#10

Viper007Bond: Moderator Emeritus; +236|6839|Portland, OR, USA

Oh, I misread your post, heh. Whoops!

2006-08-23 07:08:04

#11

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6635|132 and Bush

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
but intel cpus dont get affected by timing as much as amd cpus though

I don't know my p4 system smoked this c2d and i think the sole reason was timings...lol

http://stormsurge.us/Store/huh.jpg

Last edited by Kmarion (2006-08-23 07:08:15)

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2006-08-23 07:27:38

#12

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|6750

Kmarion wrote:
cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
but intel cpus dont get affected by timing as much as amd cpus though
I don't know my p4 system smoked this c2d and i think the sole reason was timings...lol

http://stormsurge.us/Store/huh.jpg

no real life difference like fx62 w/ ddr2 800mhz has way higher bandwith than core 2, but no real life difference

2006-08-23 07:42:50

#13

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6635|132 and Bush

I tend to agree but did you see the read, write difference?
I didnt have his 3dmark 06 score but he out performed me in Aquamark . He was 120k something, I was 107k. Anyways my new rig should be here soon. .

His Ram fyi
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6820146114

Last edited by Kmarion (2006-08-23 07:44:14)

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