TheDiceman
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So I have a new rig in construction, AM2, and was wondering if the 800 is really that big of an improvememnt over 667?
Once again no, perhaps if you are benching memory bandwidth in SiSandra you'll notice a big difference but as far as real world performance I absolutely gurantee RAM running at the same speed yet different latencies will yield no noticable differenceyes, the diffrence will be VERY noticeable
gaara said:Once again no, perhaps if you are benching memory bandwidth in SiSandra you'll notice a big difference but as far as real world performance I absolutely gurantee RAM running at the same speed yet different latencies will yield no noticable difference
I don't know how many times I've said this, but latency primarily influences stability of RAM and should therefore only be considered if you are overclocking. Bandwidth difference is minimal and completely neglible in any real world environment
While it is true that as I've always said high latency DDR2 does not compliment the low latency characteristics of the HTT bus and memory controller design of the AMD64, you have ridiculous high frequencies of DDR2-800 to compensate. Ever wonder why DDR2-800 has no performance benefits over PGA939 and DDR400, HTT bus thrives with low latencies which DDR2 cannot handle.
But I suppose there will always be naive people who buy into Corsair XMS EXTREME GAMING MEMORY