D D R 2....?????

HawgsHead · Aug 22, 2004, 04:26 PM

I am in the process of converting from DDR to DDR2.I had 2 gig's of Corsair XMS DDR-400 installed{4 sticks}.I am installing 1 gig of Corsair XMS DDR2{1 stick} cause it's soooo expensive.And I will put another stick in later when it comes down in price.Am I going to see a hit in preformance when gameing going from 1 gig to 2????....Also,I am going from 8xAGP to PCI Express.What differance will I see in preformance when gameing???.....Thanks!

Netriks · Aug 22, 2004, 05:43 PM

no noticible diffrence, except your wallet will be much lighter

ram is bottlenecked because of the harddrive and 16x pcix isn't going to show improvements over 8x for a while.

maybe you'll get 200 fps instead of 180 but its not noticable. sounds like with either system you won't be lagging.

HawgsHead · Aug 22, 2004, 06:18 PM

Well,I have Raptors in a RAID O.I guess that helps a bit.

Vampyromaniac · Aug 23, 2004, 04:50 AM

I'm not sure how much difference the DDR2 will make, since they have high latencies currently, might help a bit. But the PCI-E will not make any difference.

HawgsHead · Aug 23, 2004, 01:15 PM

If it wont make any differance,why mess with the plumbing???

Zelig · Aug 23, 2004, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by HawgsHead

If it wont make any differance,why mess with the plumbing???

Heh, there's no real reason, other than for bragging rights, and future hardware/software.

Vampyromaniac · Aug 23, 2004, 06:11 PM

PCI was getting old, and they needed a new standard with more bandwidth available for high-bandwidth add-in cards, such as Gigabit Ethernet or the future 10-Gb Ethernet. So PCI-E is being put into place, and graphics is coming along with it, since AGP can't run on the PCI-E bus.

DDR2 of course was implenented to allow higher clock speeds, since DDR was going to top out soon.

drakesteakn · Aug 23, 2004, 09:44 PM

DDR2 won't be worth it till lower latencies and the price goes down.

Nacht · Aug 24, 2004, 12:26 AM

soo...are you selling that old memory?

HawgsHead · Aug 24, 2004, 01:45 AM

yep...please e-mail me for the info....hawgshead@adelphia.net....thanks

Aug 22, 2004, 04:26 PM	#1
HawgsHead Rest In Peace Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Danville Virginia.The United States of America"In the God of Abraham,Isaac and Jacob We Trust" Posts: 2,012 Rep Power: 0	D D R 2....????? I am in the process of converting from DDR to DDR2.I had 2 gig's of Corsair XMS DDR-400 installed{4 sticks}.I am installing 1 gig of Corsair XMS DDR2{1 stick} cause it's soooo expensive.And I will put another stick in later when it comes down in price.Am I going to see a hit in preformance when gameing going from 1 gig to 2????....Also,I am going from 8xAGP to PCI Express.What differance will I see in preformance when gameing???.....Thanks! __________________ Rig specs to the left in the boxes....X-Box 360 w/Hitachi 42" HDTV....If Darwins theory of evolution is true then why are monkeys still monkeys?It takes much more faith to believe in Darwin's theory over the Genesis account of creation.

Aug 22, 2004, 06:18 PM	Thread Starter #3
HawgsHead Rest In Peace Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Danville Virginia.The United States of America"In the God of Abraham,Isaac and Jacob We Trust" Posts: 2,012 Rep Power: 0	Well,I have Raptors in a RAID O.I guess that helps a bit. __________________ Rig specs to the left in the boxes....X-Box 360 w/Hitachi 42" HDTV....If Darwins theory of evolution is true then why are monkeys still monkeys?It takes much more faith to believe in Darwin's theory over the Genesis account of creation.

Aug 23, 2004, 04:50 AM	#4
Vampyromaniac confutatis maledictis Join Date: May 2002 Location: somewhere dark Posts: 5,974 Rep Power: 77 System Specs	I'm not sure how much difference the DDR2 will make, since they have high latencies currently, might help a bit. But the PCI-E will not make any difference. __________________ *Digitalis 3.3* Athlon 64 3000 // ASUS K8V SE Deluxe // 1024MB PC3200 (2-2-2-10 1T) ATI All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro // 20" Dell 2005FPW (DVI) M-Audio Revo 7.1 + Philips Acoustic Edge // Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 320/16 Western Digital WD3200KS + 120/8 Seagate 7200.7 NEC ND-3550A 16x DVD±RW + Lite-On 52x24x CD-RW Antec Sonata case // 480W Antec TruePower personal bests \|\| Aq'3: 46796 \| 3D'01: 20461 \| 3D'03: 6336 \| 3D'05: 2677 \| PC'04: 4605 \| PC'02: 7691,9092,1250

Aug 23, 2004, 01:15 PM	Thread Starter #5
HawgsHead Rest In Peace Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Danville Virginia.The United States of America"In the God of Abraham,Isaac and Jacob We Trust" Posts: 2,012 Rep Power: 0	If it wont make any differance,why mess with the plumbing??? __________________ Rig specs to the left in the boxes....X-Box 360 w/Hitachi 42" HDTV....If Darwins theory of evolution is true then why are monkeys still monkeys?It takes much more faith to believe in Darwin's theory over the Genesis account of creation.

Aug 23, 2004, 06:11 PM	#7
Vampyromaniac confutatis maledictis Join Date: May 2002 Location: somewhere dark Posts: 5,974 Rep Power: 77 System Specs	PCI was getting old, and they needed a new standard with more bandwidth available for high-bandwidth add-in cards, such as Gigabit Ethernet or the future 10-Gb Ethernet. So PCI-E is being put into place, and graphics is coming along with it, since AGP can't run on the PCI-E bus. DDR2 of course was implenented to allow higher clock speeds, since DDR was going to top out soon. __________________ *Digitalis 3.3* Athlon 64 3000 // ASUS K8V SE Deluxe // 1024MB PC3200 (2-2-2-10 1T) ATI All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro // 20" Dell 2005FPW (DVI) M-Audio Revo 7.1 + Philips Acoustic Edge // Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 320/16 Western Digital WD3200KS + 120/8 Seagate 7200.7 NEC ND-3550A 16x DVD±RW + Lite-On 52x24x CD-RW Antec Sonata case // 480W Antec TruePower personal bests \|\| Aq'3: 46796 \| 3D'01: 20461 \| 3D'03: 6336 \| 3D'05: 2677 \| PC'04: 4605 \| PC'02: 7691,9092,1250

Aug 22, 2004, 05:43 PM	#2
Netriks DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 19 Rep Power: 0	no noticible diffrence, except your wallet will be much lighter ram is bottlenecked because of the harddrive and 16x pcix isn't going to show improvements over 8x for a while. maybe you'll get 200 fps instead of 180 but its not noticable. sounds like with either system you won't be lagging.

Aug 23, 2004, 09:44 PM	#8
drakesteakn boo!!!! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Ft. Meyers, FL Posts: 2,041 Rep Power: 0	DDR2 won't be worth it till lower latencies and the price goes down. __________________

Aug 24, 2004, 12:26 AM	#9
Nacht ein Krieger Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Clemson Uni Posts: 3,127 Rep Power: 0	soo...are you selling that old memory?

Aug 24, 2004, 01:45 AM	Thread Starter #10
HawgsHead Rest In Peace Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Danville Virginia.The United States of America"In the God of Abraham,Isaac and Jacob We Trust" Posts: 2,012 Rep Power: 0	yep...please e-mail me for the info....hawgshead@adelphia.net....thanks __________________ Rig specs to the left in the boxes....X-Box 360 w/Hitachi 42" HDTV....If Darwins theory of evolution is true then why are monkeys still monkeys?It takes much more faith to believe in Darwin's theory over the Genesis account of creation.