RAM Size vs Speed

[tharkiman]

Which would give better perfomance for my PC?

(a) 512MBX2 (DDR400)
(b) (a) + 256MB (DDR266)

??

[great_manish]

option (b) might degrade the performance...if u have the ram modules why dont u try it out n let us know the difference ??

[darklord]

Originally Posted by tharkiman

Which would give better perfomance for my PC?

(a) 512MBX2 (DDR400)
(b) (a) + 256MB (DDR266)

??

512 x 2 is best.

[kooabs03]

Originally Posted by tharkiman

Which would give better perfomance for my PC?

(a) 512MBX2 (DDR400)
(b) (a) + 256MB (DDR266)

??

there is a fair chance that your computer might get unstable if u use mixed speed RAM. i used a 256MB (DDR266) with 128 MB (DDR 400) and my computer got the blue error screen

[tharkiman]

Originally Posted by great_manish

option (b) might degrade the performance...if u have the ram modules why dont u try it out n let us know the difference ??

yea.thts the problem...im nt able to make out da difference... but don think there wud be much of a perfomance gain with added 256mb of ram...

Originally Posted by kooabs03

there is a fair chance that your computer might get unstable if u use mixed speed RAM. i used a 256MB (DDR266) with 128 MB (DDR 400) and my computer got the blue error screen

mmm....no the comp iz workin fine....... no instability az such

[deathvirus_me]

Originally Posted by tharkiman

Which would give better perfomance for my PC?

(a) 512MBX2 (DDR400)
(b) (a) + 256MB (DDR266)

??

Depends on what ur doing ... lets put it this way ->

For general computing , like listening to music , movies , burning and other simple operations .. the more the better .. here the memory bandwidth , latency will hardly make a noticeable difference ..

For office works , the more the better too ..

For 3d apps , like max,maya or Gaming ... or anything involves editing on a large scale , the mem. bandwidth plays a big role ... then ddr400 will definitely be slightly better ..

[casanova]

DDR266 wont do any good. Better stick with option (a)

[goobimama]

256 MB against 1GB(400) is too small an increase to make any difference in size. It will degrade performance.

It would be a different issue if it was 512*2(400) + 512(266), cause then there would be a substantial increase in memory size....Option (a) it is...