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Posted: Sun, 15th Mar 2009 21:46 Post subject: CL4.0 or CL5.0 for Gaming ?	Quick Quote Quote

Hi, i'm looking at ways to increase my pc performance specially for gaming & i have thought about upgrading my pc's 4GB ddr2 800 CL5.0 to 8GB but i'm not sure if i should go for the more expensive CL4.0 or just buy another 4GB CL5.0 kit to add to what i already have ? from your personal experience what would your advice would be ? is CL4.0 memory worth it ? thanks "Support Talented Developers" "ATI Rules" "Proud Owner of PS3" Q6600 @ 3.5Ghz \| 8GB DDR2 1070 \| Gigabyte EP45 DS3 \| Sapphire HD 4870 \| WD 640 HDD \| X-Fi Gamer \| Corsair TX850 \| CM690 +7x120mm Fans\| 360 Wireless JPad \| LG M227WD (16:9).

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Posted: Sun, 15th Mar 2009 22:58 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Lower latency by itself will not deliver any appreciable performance improvement. The only reason to buy memory with lower latency is for overclocking and running it in sync with the processor with looser timings. Frankly, it's just some clever product differentiation by memory manufacturers. http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=112762

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Posted: Sun, 15th Mar 2009 23:10 Post subject:

swingman wrote:

Lower latency by itself will not deliver any appreciable performance improvement. The only reason to buy memory with lower latency is for overclocking and running it in sync with the processor with looser timings. Frankly, it's just some clever product differentiation by memory manufacturers.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=112762

great reply thanks

i will just add more cl5.0 memory to make it 8gb in total.

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Posted: Sun, 15th Mar 2009 23:12 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

I agree, hardly any increase can be had in gaming. Latencies mostly pay off in apps with intensive memory operations, which the majority of gaming only slightly puts a strain on. In addition, I personally find with a little tweaking and with good brand "budget" type ram, you can achieve the latencies and clock speed of the overpriced sticks. No real reason to blow money on premium ram unless its just burning a hole in yer wallet. Core i7 920 @ 3.8Ghz \| 6GB OCZ DDR3 8-8-8-24 @ 1600mhz \| eVga x58 Mobo \| 2 x eVga GTX 460 SLI \| Intel X25-M + 3x Seagate + WD Black = 2.75TB \| X-Fi Titanium \| PCP&C Silencer 750 \| G15 KB \| G5 Mouse \| G35 Headset \| Z-5500 Digital \| Samsung T260HD

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Posted: Sun, 15th Mar 2009 23:19 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

I read somewhere that there are only a few actual manufacturers of memory and what most of these name brands do is buy from them in bulk and test the modules for max frequency and sort them into different categories based on their performance. It's just like testing a large batch of processors and selling the ones that oc better at a premium price.

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Posted: Mon, 16th Mar 2009 01:00 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

thanks for the good comments guys. @upstart_69 very nice pc "Support Talented Developers" "ATI Rules" "Proud Owner of PS3" Q6600 @ 3.5Ghz \| 8GB DDR2 1070 \| Gigabyte EP45 DS3 \| Sapphire HD 4870 \| WD 640 HDD \| X-Fi Gamer \| Corsair TX850 \| CM690 +7x120mm Fans\| 360 Wireless JPad \| LG M227WD (16:9).

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