Comments on: How Does RAM Settings Affect Gaming Experience?

By: About The Computer - Random Access Memory a.k.a RAM » goldfries - tech blog with a difference

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 18:35:57 +0000

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By: goldfries

goldfries — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:24:47 +0000

well, this article isn’t about low memory but yes, if you go with bare minimal then you’re likely to face that.

By: princesiglo

princesiglo — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:33:37 +0000

thks for this info. i get to know your site from lowyat forums. i used to play dragonica with only 512mb ram. my pc hangs a lot and keep pops out ‘low memory’.

By: goldfries

goldfries — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:02:05 +0000

given a choice, surely people choose CL4.

By: Ivan

Ivan — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:19:36 +0000

Btw, normally people will love CL4 or CL5? Lets said both are 533MHz, not 400MHz

By: miccy

miccy — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:17:04 +0000

Now, i am ready to go for crossfire xD

By: goldfries

goldfries — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:20:45 +0000

The idea behind this article is to confine to only 1 change over the stock 4GB 533 5-5-5-15 setting. So it’s either speed, timing or size.

To have 4GB 800 4-4-4-12, would be 2 changes. Nevertheless I like your suggestion, so check back in a few days. I’ll be adding more than just 4GB 800 4-4-4-12.

At 1:1 ratio with the usual 1066 FSB processor, it would still run at DDR2 533 speed. However you reminded me that even on my board, the default setting seem to run the RAM at 800Mhz even though the processor is at 1066 FSB, which is at 1:1.5 ratio.

Thanks! So yeah, check back in a day or 2.

By: DecaPix

DecaPix — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:44:57 +0000

Hey goldie,

i think it will better if you compare 800mhz at tighter timing against the looser timing since everyone will be using ddr800 now

By: fatty

fatty — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:14:14 +0000

Whoah thanks goldfries, nice timing cuz i’m just thinking to upgrade my ram to tighter timings but after i read this it clears it all. Better still if i save the money to go crossfire. XD