Which is faster, DDRII 1200MHz or DDRII 800MHz?

Bwall · Post by **Bwall** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 11:19 am

So which do you think is faster? I know the answer and will be sharing it with you in just a few days. Let us know what you think!

Testing on a BFG 680i SLI motherboard with an E6600 over clocked to 3.6GHz.

Anyone wanna take a guess at Everest memory read bandwidth for the faster of the two?

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 12:47 pm

800MHz with 3-3-3-9 -1T (I presume you have lowered all the misc timings

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Post by **Apoptosis** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 12:57 pm

800Mhz was my vote too

Post by **Illuminati** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 1:17 pm

I voted 800 mhz also... mainly because what would be the point in making a poll if the obvious selection was the winner?... lol.

Cypher · Post by **Cypher** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 1:52 pm

I also voted for the 800MHz RAM.

While the 1200MHz seems like it would be "faster", I think they'd be pretty even as far as speed is concerned with the lower timings on the 800 vs. the higher timings on the 1200.

Post by **dicecca112** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 2:42 pm

assuming Nvidia fixed the strap issues, I'm gonna say 800

hainer36 · Post by **hainer36** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 3:57 am

woulda gone with the lower timings, but i have a feeling that raw speed maybe a lil faster

Bwall · Post by **Bwall** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:32 am

800MHz wins..........very close though! I'm pretty sure 1300MHz would have taken it but this darned 680i is just not having any part of it. DFI needs to hurry up with their RD600 board.

zparker · Post by **zparker** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:07 am

According to the review of the mem, it seemed to perform better at the lower speed tighter timings. So i agree 800is faster AT THIS POINT IN TIME!

SAMSAMHA · Post by **SAMSAMHA** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 2:44 am

what about when you consider OC?

Post by **dicecca112** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 12:24 pm

doesn't matter tighter timings will score higher in most benchmarks. I mean to a point. At some point raw mhz will overtake timings

SAMSAMHA · Post by **SAMSAMHA** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:37 pm

if that's the case, why would people spend a bundle on the 1000Mhz or higher. What's the real benefit buying a 1000 or 800?

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 2:02 pm

SAMSAMHA wrote:if that's the case, why would people spend a bundle on the 1000Mhz or higher. What's the real benefit buying a 1000 or 800?

Coz 1GHz RAM sounds better!
Actually, not all ddr2 800 ram will do tight timings....or they require alot of voltage to do it......the ~1000MHz stuff is the same ram as the 800 stuff, just better quality. The chips are screened (binned) for quality, voltage response and max MHz. The better stuff always goes into high end DIMMS.

largon · Post by **largon** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 2:57 am

Definately DDRII 1200MHz 5-5-5-15-2t.

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