The Fallen Lords :: Memory Performance in Games

[TFL]BigBANGtheory · Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:21 am Post subject: Memory Performance in Games

There is an interesting article out today which is reviewing the latest Corsair memory. Of particular interest is the comparison of slow memory vs performance memory in games:

http://www.anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=2900&p=6

To summerise the difference between DDR2-400 & DDR2-1200 memory is worth roughly 25fps.

But more importantly the difference between DDR2-800 & DDR2-1200 is about 5fps. So keep that in mind when spending your money cos it probably worth going for DDR2-800 and spending the rest elsewhere in your system.

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[TFL]Temmu · Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 7:49 pm Post subject:

good to know... sounds good bbt =)

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Hideki · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 1:01 am Post subject:

funny to see memory can gain 25% boost in fps, but that is, if your machine has no other bottlenecks (like if u still have 386 cpu or 3dfx cards or 500mb hdd and such), if anandtech really got that benchmark right.

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[TFL]BigBANGtheory · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:23 am Post subject:

it not even 25% m8, its more like 15% cos its 25fps over and above 110fps.

Given good DDR2-800 can do DDR2-1000 speeds when overclocked it really does mean its very poor value for money to buy top of the range memory.

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Hideki · Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 1:01 am Post subject:

yeah right, i just checked the diagram roughly thinking, oh 100fps -> 125fps... : ROLL :

10% to 15% boost... might sound more logical, a game running at 60fps becomes 66fps or so with a great mem, sounds more realistic.

(forum dr-tank... we have a problem... : roll : gives u a rolling laughing emoticon!... me walks away..., sure they both roll but... i just wanted to roll the eyes, not the whole head)

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