what is better. lower latency-low mem clock or high latency-high mem clock

[jseber1982]

Iv been reading up on it and there is sort of a debate on it. You can run memory at 200 mhz at like 2-2-2-5... or at say 300mhz 3-3-3-8 or something like that. Some say that a machine with mem running at 200mhz will perform the exact same as one running at 300mhz depending on the memory timings.

Any ideas?
thanks

 

[CrazeD]

Higher clock is faster.

 

[turtile]

Changing the latency from 2 to 3 cuts 33% of performance and rasing it to 300 gives back 50% which makes it 17% faster for the higher clock.

 

[Tox1cThreat]

^ Turtile - how do you calculate that?

 

[alexsabree]

calculator.... and somtin else :O

 

[jseber1982]

oh yea?ehe whats the somtin else?

 

[Tox1cThreat]

^ my point exactly haha

there has to be some ratio or formula....

 

[Ridlyn]

What about high clocks low latency?

And toxic, yes your are a junior techie j/k

 

[jseber1982]

if you can keep it cool enough to get it down that far.. when you oc ram, it gets harder and harder to keep the latency down.. but yea if you oc the ram and lower the latency,, of course that would kick more butt than anything