DDR2 800 CL4 vs CL5

[AKM]

Hello, if anyone could answer this would be great. Currently my PC has an 4600+ AM2 CPU with 1g of DDR2 800 CL5 RAM. How much would it speed up my PC in games especially if I upgraded to cas latency 4 RAM?

[brutis]

In games I'd say not at all. You would be better off going to 2gigs of ram instead.


brutis

[AKM]

I have 2 512mb sticks should I buy 2 1024 DDR2 800 CL5 sticks for a total of 3gb memory. How well does XP Pro handle 3gb of memory?

[brutis]

XP Pro will be fine on 3gigs. I was running 4gigs on XP Home.

I have 2 512mb sticks should I buy 2 1024 DDR2 800 CL5 sticks for a total of 3gb memory

You can give it a try. Get the same brand and type, less chance of problems that way.

What kind of ram do you have and whats the motherboard?


brutis

[AKM]

What kind of ram do you have and whats the motherboard?

A-DATA RAM http://www.adata.com.tw/adata_en/product_show.php?ProductNo=AD2800U and a Gigabyte GA-M55S-S3 rev 1.1 motherboard.

[brutis]

Looking at your manual on page 15 it says

To enable Dual Channel mode with four memory modules, it is recommended to use memory modules of identical brand, size, chips, and speed.

It looks like it should work but you could lose dual channel mode with different memory sizes. So I'd give it a try anyway. If it doesn't work you could always sale the 2 512mb modules.

Just make sure to get the 1gig version of your 512mb type.

brutis