What is better, lower timings, or higher requency?

[Computer_Freak]

hey guys

I am experimenting with my computer

now i have to drop my memory speeds in order to be stable.

Now, when i do this, my latency drops (800MHz - CL6, 667MHz - CL5, 533MHz - CL4)

so now, my question is this, will DDR2 533 at CL4 be equal or better in performance to DDR2 800 at CL6?

so basically, whats better, lower timings (with lower frequency), or higher frequency (with higher timings)

thanks guys

 

[tyttebøvs]

The real latency is about the same at both speeds in your case. Those CL-numbers are relative to the frequency. 1/real freq*latency gives you the real latency at that speed.

 

[Computer_Freak]

see, but because of my OC,

533 becomes 750Mhz (CL4)

667 becomes 950MHz (CL5)

800 becomes 1090MHz (CL6)

see what the problems is?

and i can only use 533 to get a stable system...

 

[meticadpa]

hey guys

I am experimenting with my computer

now i have to drop my memory speeds in order to be stable.

Now, when i do this, my latency drops (800MHz - CL6, 667MHz - CL5, 533MHz - CL4)

so now, my question is this, will DDR2 533 at CL4 be equal or better in performance to DDR2 800 at CL6?

so basically, whats better, lower timings (with lower frequency), or higher frequency (with higher timings)

thanks guys

Do some tests yourself if you want to see the real-world gains. Memory bandwidth/latency isn't really important for anything that you do on a day-to-day basis, and won't even help with 3D Benchmarking much. Something like SuperPi helps a lot, though.

Download SiSoft Sandra and run the memory bandwidth benchmark, then post your results here.

However, generally speaking, AMD prefers tighter timings, while Intel CPUs scale better with higher speeds.