Bottlenecking

Wayniac · 06-01-2005, 12:42 AM

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?

Sh0r_ty · 06-01-2005, 01:05 AM

that shouldn't be a bottleneck unless your doing some seriouse stuff

diabloII · 06-01-2005, 01:11 AM

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

Him · 06-01-2005, 11:27 AM

You're OCed, so you would want a 1:1 ratio as nothign will have to wait for the other thing.

Wayniac · 06-01-2005, 10:25 PM

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.

Him · 06-01-2005, 10:38 PM

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.

06-01-2005, 12:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
Wayniac Ultra Techie Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 826	Bottlenecking 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? __________________ AMD Athlon 64 3000+ socket 939 @ 2.3 GHz MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum motherboard EVGA GeForce 6800 GT 2 GB DDR 400 (PC 3200) (2 x 1 GB sticks) (Dual Channel) DVD player and seperate DVD RW drive Floppy Drive 80 GB Western Digital Hard Drive 500 watt power supply Sound Blaster Audigy Logitech 5.1 surround sound speakers SAMSUNG SyncMaster 710T LCD monitor Aspire X Navigator Case

06-01-2005, 01:05 AM	#2 (permalink)
Sh0r_ty Ultra Techie Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 948	that shouldn't be a bottleneck unless your doing some seriouse stuff __________________ AMD 64 939 3200+@2.7ghz ASUS A8N-SLI DELUX htt@270X5 Segate 120gig SATA 1gig PC3200 Geil Value Ram Duel Channel@ddr480 3-3-3-8 Gigabyte 6600GT-PCI-E@580/1.3

06-01-2005, 10:25 PM	#5 (permalink)
Wayniac Ultra Techie Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 826	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. __________________ AMD Athlon 64 3000+ socket 939 @ 2.3 GHz MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum motherboard EVGA GeForce 6800 GT 2 GB DDR 400 (PC 3200) (2 x 1 GB sticks) (Dual Channel) DVD player and seperate DVD RW drive Floppy Drive 80 GB Western Digital Hard Drive 500 watt power supply Sound Blaster Audigy Logitech 5.1 surround sound speakers SAMSUNG SyncMaster 710T LCD monitor Aspire X Navigator Case

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06-01-2005, 11:27 AM	#4 (permalink)
Him Wizard Techie Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,194	You're OCed, so you would want a 1:1 ratio as nothign will have to wait for the other thing.

06-01-2005, 10:38 PM	#6 (permalink)
Him Wizard Techie Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,194	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.