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Fri Mar 10, 2006 1:56 pm Reply and quote this post
Would it be ok if i paired up DDR266 And DDR400 if i wanted to do a memory upgrade on my computer?
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Fri Mar 10, 2006 2:57 pm Reply and quote this post
It will run fine at DDR 266.  I have never heard of a problem with getting too fast of ram.  There may be some company that is stupid, but I'm pretty sure it will be perfectly okay.
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Fri Mar 10, 2006 3:56 pm Reply and quote this post
so like have one stick of 512 at 266 and another 512 at 400 and there wouldent be any problems right?
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Fri Mar 10, 2006 5:28 pm Reply and quote this post
You shouldn't have any problems, but the faster stick will probably clock down to 266.

I've done things like that before.  Most of the time it works, but sometimes the MB doesn't like it.

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Sat Mar 11, 2006 9:45 am Reply and quote this post
Yep, they'll just both run at the slower one's speed (DDR266)
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Sun Mar 12, 2006 1:43 pm Reply and quote this post
Yeh that will work. Mines similiar, but not the same.

No problems for me :).

Didn't know that they both ran at the slower ones speed :(.

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Sun Mar 12, 2006 7:19 pm Reply and quote this post
Yeah, they have to.  Because they all get fed the info together.
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Mon Mar 13, 2006 9:15 am Reply and quote this post
Is it much of a performance loss?
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Mon Mar 13, 2006 4:11 pm Reply and quote this post
I'm afraid yes.  But, just think.  Then, your memory will be able to run at tighter timings, which will lessen the performance loss.
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Mon Mar 13, 2006 4:23 pm Reply and quote this post
You have to factor in the amount of RAM though. Upgrading from 512MB to 1GB would make a huge difference in gaming. Making the loss in memory bandwidth not being that big of a deal.
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Tue Mar 14, 2006 6:48 pm Reply and quote this post
Yep.  But it all depends on what it's going to be used for.  For the average user, the extra speed will probably matter more then going from 512 to 1GB.  But, if you're into gaming, video editing, or picture editing, you'll want the extra ram.
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Tue Mar 14, 2006 7:25 pm Reply and quote this post
I see your point, but the average user (when I say average I mean browsing the web, checking email, etc.) would not notice any difference at all.

If you need the extra RAM, buy it and don't worry about the loss in memory bandwidth. If you don't need the extra RAM, don't bother.

EDIT - I just realized that he has DDR266 and will be adding a stick of DDR400. In this case both would run at DDR266, which the single stick was runing at before. So there isn't any loss in memory bandwidth from what he currently has.


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Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:03 pm Reply and quote this post
Quote:
EDIT - I just realized that he has DDR266 and will be adding a stick of DDR400. In this case both would run at DDR266, which the single stick was runing at before. So there isn't any loss in memory bandwidth from what he currently has.

Good point, I forgot about that.

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Wed Mar 15, 2006 3:10 pm Reply and quote this post
ok i think you guys beat this to death enough now.
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Wed Mar 15, 2006 9:27 pm Reply and quote this post
Nah, we aren't done yet :D
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