Weeee! I just got 1GB of RAM!

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Do you Gigabyte?

Buahahah, I have 1.5GB+ of memory!
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Big deal, I have 1GB of memory.
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Well, I have 512MB!
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256MB or less, dont laugh!
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Weeee! I just got 1GB of RAM!

Post by Athlon Powers » Mon May 26, 2003 3:03 pm

It's the Kingston ValueRAM that is on sale for $40 at BestBuy.

KVR333/512R = 512MB PC2700 Retail

Now I have 1GB! Currently it is running at tighest latencies at default speed, except for running with CAS 2.5 because CAS 2.0 causes my mobo to lock up.

Now I'm trying to find out why BF1942 demo is stuttering slightly, I think it might be lag but im not sure....

Just wanted to gloat! :D

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Post by DryFire » Mon May 26, 2003 3:23 pm

brag about 1 gb of crosair xms or kingston hyperx maybe even some mushkin black pcb

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I am very curious to hear about PC2700 CAS2

Post by NeilBlanchard » Mon May 26, 2003 3:53 pm

Hello:

I'm running some inexpensive PC2100 by Apacer, that uses Infineon chips. I am able to run it at 308mHz CAS 2 "Turbo' but if I push it any higher (at these latencies) it fails to boot. It rated at CAS2 for PC2100 (266mHz) but it almost hits PC2700 CAS2 -- not bad for $29 256MB sticks! Edit: I'm using a Asus A7N266-VM/AA and I had to mod them to do any oc'ing...

I am very curious to hear about folks running PC2700 CAS2 and any oc'ing you might have gotten with totally stable operation. I have read that a fair amount of what is rated as CAS2.5 will in fact hit CAS2, but what have you found? Please tell us brand, model, ratings, your motherboard, etc.

This would be good to know, especially if it saves buying PC3200 in order to get CAS2 at PC2700 speeds.
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Post by Athlon Powers » Mon May 26, 2003 4:08 pm

DryFire: Well, im saying it's as fast as the new stock of HyperX at PC2700 speeds. I could slap the copper Thermalright heatsink on it and call it Kingston ValueX!

NeilBlanchard: Unfortunatly the KT333 series of chipset does not tolerate CAS 2.0 at any frequency, there for I am stuck. Also, this chipset does not allow much headway for OC'ing as the highest I can set it is "HCLK+33" (being host cpu FSB plus 33MHz) which is the speed it is at now. Sorry for the dissapointment. :(

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Post by DryFire » Mon May 26, 2003 4:20 pm

yeh get an epox 8rda+ (or 8rda3+) or an a7n8x and see what you can get.

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Post by Athlon Powers » Mon May 26, 2003 5:13 pm

DryFire wrote:yeh get an epox 8rda+ (or 8rda3+) or an a7n8x and see what you can get.
Next thing im getting is an nForce3! :wink::D

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Post by Rusty075 » Mon May 26, 2003 10:43 pm

I'm running a pair of PC2100 Mushkin Black CAS 2-2-2 512 sticks OC'd to 166 Mhz. Perfectly stable on my KR7A-133. :lol:

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Post by rpc180 » Mon May 26, 2003 10:47 pm

I got this no name 512 PC2100 stick from a computer show. Its actually doing 2-2-2-5. There was a surprise for cheap no name RAM :!: 24/7 stable for weeks.

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Post by Ralf Hutter » Tue May 27, 2003 4:24 am

I've been running 1GB of Corsair XMS3200 at DDR400, CL2.5-3-3-7 for about a year in my P4 rig. It'll do Memtest86 100% stable at those settings but if I try any tighter timings it'll start getting a few errors.

1GB of RAM is really nice for stuff like Photshop and video editing.

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Post by Athlon Powers » Tue May 27, 2003 5:42 am

Ralf Hutter wrote:I've been running 1GB of Corsair XMS3200 at DDR400, CL2.5-3-3-7 for about a year in my P4 rig. It'll do Memtest86 100% stable at those settings but if I try any tighter timings it'll start getting a few errors.

1GB of RAM is really nice for stuff like Photshop and video editing.
Yeah, I do both of those and I noticed.

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Post by Jan Kivar » Wed May 28, 2003 12:36 am

Athlon Powers wrote:Unfortunatly the KT333 series of chipset does not tolerate CAS 2.0 at any frequency, there for I am stuck. Also, this chipset does not allow much headway for OC'ing as the highest I can set it is "HCLK+33" (being host cpu FSB plus 33MHz) which is the speed it is at now. Sorry for the dissapointment. :(
Hmm... My MSI KT3 Ultra-ARU runs happily at CAS2. There was only one setting in the "DRAM timings" -page on BIOS that I couldn't max out, though I don't remember what it was (I think that it was interleave setting). (actually, it did work when maxed, but wakeup from S3 failed always when the setting was at "best" value...)

I'm using 2 x Kingmax 256 MB PC2100 sticks, and I don't overclock.

Cheers,

Jan

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Post by Athlon Powers » Mon Jun 02, 2003 6:38 pm

Jan Kivar wrote:
Athlon Powers wrote:Unfortunatly the KT333 series of chipset does not tolerate CAS 2.0 at any frequency, there for I am stuck. Also, this chipset does not allow much headway for OC'ing as the highest I can set it is "HCLK+33" (being host cpu FSB plus 33MHz) which is the speed it is at now. Sorry for the dissapointment. :(
Hmm... My MSI KT3 Ultra-ARU runs happily at CAS2. There was only one setting in the "DRAM timings" -page on BIOS that I couldn't max out, though I don't remember what it was (I think that it was interleave setting). (actually, it did work when maxed, but wakeup from S3 failed always when the setting was at "best" value...)

I'm using 2 x Kingmax 256 MB PC2100 sticks, and I don't overclock.

Cheers,

Jan
Really?! On mine not matter if the memory was underclocked everything becomes unstable at CAS 2.0.

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Post by Jan Kivar » Wed Jun 04, 2003 12:04 am

Athlon Powers wrote:Really?! On mine not matter if the memory was underclocked everything becomes unstable at CAS 2.0.
[knocks wood] Mine's rock solid [/knocks wood]. Seen a blue screen two times in WinXP over the past year. I do have Win98SE too, for legacy gaming. It crashes sometimes when booting. I recently re-installed it to another HD, and it seems that my USB racing wheel has some contribution to the issue. After the re-install it has crashed once during boot, though I've booted only dozen times or so to Win98.

Does your computer lock also with only one stick of mem, if You set CAS2? Or aren't the sticks identical? Kingston says that the module You mentioned is rated only for CL2.5. (while I don't remember the exact model# of my Kingmax sticks, I think that they are rated CAS2.5, or even CAS3...)

Cheers,

Jan

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Post by Athlon Powers » Wed Jun 04, 2003 6:51 am

I have two sticks of CAS 2.5 Kingston ValueRAM at tightest timings except for the CAS which is at 2.5 for stability. It was really unstable untill I set the memory voltage to 2.6v, but I still get some occasional memory errors. My first stick worked without any errors so I think my new stick is to blame...

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Post by Mark Larson » Wed Jun 04, 2003 3:04 pm

1GB PC3200 here. Muwaahhaha now you must all praise me because my wallet is bigger than yours!!

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Post by Ralf Hutter » Thu Jun 05, 2003 5:06 am

Mark Larson wrote:1GB PC3200 here. Muwaahhaha now you must all praise me because my wallet is bigger than yours!!
I dunno about that. I got my Corsair XMS3200 when it first came out and paid around $200 per 512MB stick. $400 for my RAM about a year ago!!

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Post by Athlon Powers » Sat Jun 07, 2003 2:56 pm

Wow, even though the majority is 512MB, 1GB is not far behind...

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Post by mistajon » Mon Jun 09, 2003 3:17 am

Need i say more

mem(Usage: 397/1024MB (38.77%)[||||------])

;)

I have 2 x 512 stix 333 mhz DDR

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Post by shunx » Wed Jun 11, 2003 1:23 pm

Ralf Hutter wrote:1GB of RAM is really nice for stuff like Photshop and video editing.
So what kind of objective gains can people expect with Photoshop and video editing with having 1gb vs 512mb?

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Post by Alf » Wed Jun 11, 2003 4:39 pm

4x512mb PC2700 on a Asus P4G8X Duluxe, cpuz reports 2.0-2-2-6...Memory is 2xCrucial and 2x Micron. Runs rock steady@150fsb, tweaked bios from x86.com...Very happy with this 'puter

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Post by mistajon » Fri Jun 13, 2003 7:40 pm

i have 1 gig of ram 333 ddr :) 2 x 512

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Post by 1HandClapping » Sat Jun 14, 2003 7:09 pm

2 Gigs of Dual channel DDR266 for RAM Bandwidth ISSE2 3285 MB/s :)

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