Ok, I'll just go with the 2 gigs then. I wanted to get as much as possible up front, as apparently the motherboard I'm getting drops memory speed down to 667mhz when all four slots are filled. I guess if I ever need to go to 4 gig, I can sell the 2 gig sticks via ebay.
Thanks for the help. -----Original Message----- From: Vivec [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 3:39 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: memory timing If you are not using a 64 Bit OS (and if you are interested in gaming you shouldn't be) , then 4gig is overkill. Games don't use 4Gig. Nothing does actually, so a large portion of that memory will never be used. 32Bit Vista or XP cannot address a full 4Gig of memory. There's all sorts of complicated reasons why, some people end up with 2.5Gig being available to the OS. You can't even think of using the remainder for a RAM drive (remember those? ) as most games are bigger than such a drive anyway.(Why not just use a USB stick?). So think hard on whether you want that extra 2Gigs. On 8/27/07, Matthew Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm looking at two different sets of memory, one 2 gig one 4 gig. It > seems that the 2 gig set is faster. Would it be better to go with the 2 > gig set or the 4 gig set? > > The two gig: > Timing : 4-4-4-12 > http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820145038 > > The four gig: > Timing : 5-5-5-18 > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145176 > > What do the different numbers mean? Would the extra 2 gigs of memory > outweigh the slower memory performance? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get involved in the latest ColdFusion discussions, product development sharing, and articles on the Adobe Labs wiki. http://labs/adobe.com/wiki/index.php/ColdFusion_8 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:241401 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
