RAM question

[imported_DefJam]

How does RAM affect gaming?

[lil_jimmy_norton]

Re: RAM question

Ram affects all aspescts of the game.

[imported_DefJam]

Re: RAM question

so the more RAM the less lag u will get?

[lil_jimmy_norton]

Re: RAM question

As long and the other parts of your PC are up to it and you have a decent internet connection, yes.

[glasseye]

Re: RAM question

Ram affects all aspescts of the game.

ram affects all -memory related- aspects of the game.

[imported_DefJam]

Re: RAM question

can u name some of the memory related aspects? (newb at comps)

My friend is selling his PC so he took 512MB and he wants to sell it to me for 10 dollars...
Should I buy it?

My specs:
3.2Ghz
1GB
ATI X800XL 256MB

[iceman369]

Re: RAM question

what brand is the memory stick and make sure that it's compatoble with the rest of ur system.

what is the rest of ur specs?

[imported_DefJam]

Re: RAM question

It is compatible...I just wanna know if its gonna do some good for gaming if not I wont buy it...I dont really know the rest of my specs...but my comp is good...I can run all new games on high with no lag..

[Hephaistion]

Re: RAM question

As far as RAM goes there is alot more than just saying, a lot of RAM will fix your issues.
For example, if you have DDR333 PC2700 memory, it will not perform as well as DDR400 PC3200 memory. The Front Side Bus on your Mobo must be able to accept DDR400. YOu can run DDR400 on a 533 FSB Mobo, but it will only run at DDR333 speed. You need a 800mhz FBB to take advantage of DDR400
Also, if you are running DDR400, you can have different CAS latencies, CAS is an acronym for column address strobe, or sometimes column address select, both referring to the column of the physical memory location in an array of capacitors (a grid comprised of columns and rows) used in dynamic random access memory modules. Latency refers to the amount of time, or lag, that is experienced in traversing a system. Taken together, the CAS Latency (CL) refers to the length of time, in clock cycles, it takes for a request sent from the memory controller to read a memory location and send it to the module's output pins
So the lower your CAS Latency the faster your machine will run. So CL2 runs faster than CL3. CAS latency is aslo determined by the inteaction between your memory and your Mobo, some mobos will not run CL2 memory at CL2 speeds, sometimes it will only run at CL2.5
For Example.
I had an Asus K8N-E with a 754 Athlon 3000+ and 1.5 (3 x 512mb) GB of CL3 Kingston Value RAM DDR400.
I upgraded to a Gigabyte K8N-939 with a 939 Athlon 3500+ and added 2GB (4 x 512mb) of Kingston Hyper X DDR400 CL2 Memory. My machine is now SMOKING!

[imported_DefJam]

Re: RAM question

This is my RAM specs: 512MB DDR PC3200 and this is what he is selling same specs...it should work right?

[Hephaistion]

Re: RAM question

As long ass the CAS latency matches. Actually you can use different CAS latencies on the same mobo, you just get really poor performance. Ask him to read the numbers off the sticker on the memory, often it will tell you what the CAS latency is. Then check yours. If they are both CL3, CL2.5 or CL2 you are golden.

[imported_DefJam]

Re: RAM question

I got 1 stick with CL3 and 2 with CL2.5

so it will work?

[imported_DefJam]

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Well this is what he is selling to me: 512MB PC3200 CL3 184-Pin DIMM

will it work?

[iceman369]

Re: RAM question

is ur other stocks of ram pc3200 184pin DIMM 2

[glasseye]

Re: RAM question

it will work.