Re: PC2-6400 RAM is 400Mhz or 800Mhz?

On 26 Jan, 15:54, "Nick Le Lievre"
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My bus speed is 400Mhz.
RAM 400Mhz

So FSB:DRAM 1:1

On the SPD tab of CPU-Z I notice that the latency figures seem to be
lower if the RAM frequency is 200Mhz.

Does this mean that by overclocking my RAM I have increased the
latency and made my system less responsive?

If your bus speed is 400mhz then your RAM will be running at 800mhz with the
default memory multiplier, forget what SPD says... my SPD says that my ram
is 333mhz but I know for a fact it is rated for 667mhz and I actually run it
at 750mhz (I know the memory multiplier is 2.0). It actually says the RAM is
running at 750mhz at POST, if you have a Gigabyte P35 board it should your
speed also. You need to find out what timings your RAM is capable of and
specifically set those in the BIOS, it could be CL5 @ 800mhz therefore
5-5-5-15 or it could be CL 4-4-4-12. I wouldn't worry too much about latency
it doesn't make *that* much difference.


"You need to find out what timings your RAM is capable of"

How do I find that out?
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