wanna bet on that one?you go ask ram companies why they would sell low latency ram and see a ton of amd user buy it if its no good, of course tighter is better!
Yeah I do want to bet on that....cas latency and cycle time offer NO noticeable difference in performance...of COURSE when it comes to world record overclocks you want the tightest you can get for bragging rights, the POINT BEING, that with cycle time and cas latency you will take more of a hit on stability than you will with bandwidth so it's pointless....I'm saying he should go to 3-3-3-8 and go further, and beyond, like I've said twice now "if it works, fine, but if it doesnt you'll know why"
It's not bottom of the barrel valueRAM but it's not 'super overclocking RAM' either...being that the SPD is showing 3-3-3-8 timings for 200MHz regardless of newegg saying '2.5-3-3-6 for AMDs'
3-3-3-8 is NOT stock for that ram, its what the board set them at by default.
Then WHY oh WHY would it be in the SPD for the RAM huh? That basically tells the board what to run the RAM at...it's programmed into the RAM itself, that's what the SPD is there for.
Beyond that, as I've again already said, we aren't talking 'world record overclocks' and I'm not arguing that tighter timings aren't better...but this statement:
if its stable at 2-3-3-6, leave it, it will be faster in games over 3-3-3-8
is complete nonsense, you'd NEVER tell the difference between those two in your entire life.....the ras to cas and ras precharge, YES effect bandwidth greatly, cas latency and cycle time = Stability with practically NO effect on bandwidth.
Instead of making this useless arguements of "Why do manufacturers sell low latency" ...WHY!? Because with the low latency such as 2-2-2-5 you're guaranteed samsung TCCD chips, or BH5's depending on what brand you get that are MADE to loosen up and overclock high with the exception of BH-5s primarily liking CL2 with voltage....
Well if you read the newegg where he bought the ram it even said it could run those simular timings.
Newegg CONSTANTLY has bad information on their website...hell I had to e-mail them and tell them to add 'SS3 instructions' in the capabilities of the venice cores when they first came out...that's pretty stupid to rely on a middle man seller like that for information when the SPD tables will clearly show you otherwise
