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AMD A64 S754 Memory timings explored on nForce3 150

Memory by piotke @ 2004-04-15

On an nForce2 based platform it was proven that that CL2 2-2-5 was not the fastest setting for your ram, in fact CL2 2-2-11 was! But what about the new A64 S754 , does it show the same anomality when combined with the nForce3 150? Is the famous CL2 2-2-5 back? Does Cas Latency influence performance a lot? Let?s find out

Q3A & Conclusion

Quake 3 Arena

Benchmark used: Quake 3 Arena

A difference of about 3 or 4 frames, while using CAS 2 instead of 2.5.

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Conclusion

There is a difference between CAS 2 and 2.5 not nothing to shout home about.

If you're a 3d Mark enthusiast in search for the top spot or just somebody who wants the best of the best, get decent ram that can handle the lowest timings. But those Winbond BH-5/BH-6 chips are no longer made so getting a new pair of those sticks (if you find them) will cost you quite a lot. The meagre performance increase doesn’t justify the asking price at all.

Unfortunately I couldn't test with any CAS 3 memory, but hey, who has such memory anyway in an AMD rig? :-)

Lowest timings possible seem to be the best, but an average user will be satisfied by normal, not specially for overclocking designed memory. The A64 system has already enough power (for now).

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/Piotke out.

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