bobafett573
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ok i have been having a horrible time with RAM performance. I have 1gb of RAM in my computer right now (2 x 256mb PNY Optimum PC2700 RAM and 1 x 512mb forget the brand PC3200 RAM). I play a lot of RAM intensive MMORPG games like Star Wars Galaxies and Planetside. I got the extra 512mb stick of RAM about a month ago in hopes of boosting my lacking performance in these games. As I was talking to people that had a gig of RAM, they were saying how they had all the options turned up to the highest and how great of a framerate they were getting blah blah blah. I always asked for their specs and everything and usually mine were the same, if not better. I have been distraught over why i got such bad performance. I ALWAYS virus scan and adware scan at least once a week, if not more. I defrag a lot and do proper maintenance and nothing ever turns up wrong. Then today I was curious about RAM timings, as I was thinking of purchasing some nice Corsair XMS memory to see if that would make a difference. I checked my BIOS and here is what I saw for my stats:
Memory CLK: 200Mhz
CAS Latency: 3.0
DRAM RAS TO CAS Delay: 3 CLK
DRAM Active Time: 8 CLK
DRAM RAS PRECHANGE Time: 3 CLK
I know that 3-3-3-8 is pretty good timing but when I saw my memory clk speed, I was shocked! I know that the RAM will only go as fast as the slowest stick, which in this case was 333Mhz, but it didn't even come close to that! I borrowed another 512mb PC3200 stick from my other computer (so i had 2 x 512mb PC3200 sticks) and I consulted my motherboard manual and made sure that I had my DIMMs set up in the right slots and everything checked out perfect except my memory clk was still 200Mhz. I have no idea how to fix it. My computer stats are in my sig if you need 'em. Also, there were 2 other options in my BIOS in the RAM section that i'm not sure if they would help. The two options are:
1T/2T Timing: Auto
Master ECC Enable: Disabled
I'm not sure if either of those 2 options would affect performance or not. Plz someone help me with this problem!
Memory CLK: 200Mhz
CAS Latency: 3.0
DRAM RAS TO CAS Delay: 3 CLK
DRAM Active Time: 8 CLK
DRAM RAS PRECHANGE Time: 3 CLK
I know that 3-3-3-8 is pretty good timing but when I saw my memory clk speed, I was shocked! I know that the RAM will only go as fast as the slowest stick, which in this case was 333Mhz, but it didn't even come close to that! I borrowed another 512mb PC3200 stick from my other computer (so i had 2 x 512mb PC3200 sticks) and I consulted my motherboard manual and made sure that I had my DIMMs set up in the right slots and everything checked out perfect except my memory clk was still 200Mhz. I have no idea how to fix it. My computer stats are in my sig if you need 'em. Also, there were 2 other options in my BIOS in the RAM section that i'm not sure if they would help. The two options are:
1T/2T Timing: Auto
Master ECC Enable: Disabled
I'm not sure if either of those 2 options would affect performance or not. Plz someone help me with this problem!