Bottlenecking

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Wayniac

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My question is simple. I have 2 gig of DDR-SDRAM (2 x 1 gig sticks) and they are dual channel in a dual channel motherboard. My FSB is at 250 MHz and my RAM is set to about 209 MHz. Should I worry about bottlenecking, or should I pretty much be okay because it is dual channel?
 
well then the CPU will have to wait for the ram so you'll probably get speeds of 209mhz for the CPU as well if you think about it
 
You're OCed, so you would want a 1:1 ratio as nothign will have to wait for the other thing.
 
Okay, so even though I have dual slots and dual channel RAM, you're all still recommending that I see how high I can get my RAM with a 1:1 ratio. I'll get on that as my next project after my video card project.
 
Yes. You always want to strive for a 1:1 ratio, nothing else. Unless something else works better, sometimes 4:5 does but not usually. 1:1 is your best bet. Dual channel should have no effect on your performance, at least not in a bad way.
 
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