ok so i just put in 2 512mb sticks of 333mhz ram in my gigabyte 8KNXP mainboard with a 2.6 P4 800mhz bus CPU.
The board runs 400mhz bus speed on each channel or 800mhz when both channels are being used. Now that I have these 333mhz sticks installed I thought I would see a huge difference from my old configuration of just one 256mb geil 400mhz stick.
My first question is: It says it is running at 800mhz bus speed but how can this be since the ram is only 333mhz, which would total 666mhz, not 800?
My 2nd question is: should i not see a huge performance difference when going from 256 ram 400mhz single channel to 1gb dual channel? Could the real bottleneck on the system be my ata66 hard drive? I just thoght with 1gb, stuff would load instantly.
My last question is: Is it even ok to use ram lower than 400mhz with this mainboard, or should i only be using pc3200 400mhz ram.
Any input would be greatly appreciated since i would like to return this ram if it ends up being not worth it.
The board runs 400mhz bus speed on each channel or 800mhz when both channels are being used. Now that I have these 333mhz sticks installed I thought I would see a huge difference from my old configuration of just one 256mb geil 400mhz stick.
My first question is: It says it is running at 800mhz bus speed but how can this be since the ram is only 333mhz, which would total 666mhz, not 800?
My 2nd question is: should i not see a huge performance difference when going from 256 ram 400mhz single channel to 1gb dual channel? Could the real bottleneck on the system be my ata66 hard drive? I just thoght with 1gb, stuff would load instantly.
My last question is: Is it even ok to use ram lower than 400mhz with this mainboard, or should i only be using pc3200 400mhz ram.
Any input would be greatly appreciated since i would like to return this ram if it ends up being not worth it.
