2x266 1x333 will this work

bikeboy541 · 14-May-06, 12:51 PM

hey everyone i have a questoin. i have a asus a8v motherboard. in the 2 blue slots i have 512mb 266mhz ram, and im plannin on buying another 512mb 333mhz ram will this work since the slots are 2 different colours. any help would be appreciated since ill be going to get it in about an hour thanks

bikeboy541 · 14-May-06, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by bikeboy541


	hey everyone i have a questoin. i have a asus a8v motherboard. in the 2 blue slots i have 512mb 266mhz ram, and im plannin on buying another 512mb 333mhz ram will this work since the slots are 2 different colours. any help would be appreciated since ill be going to get it in about an hour thanks

opps i forgot to add my motherboard does have 4 slots

Marc · 14-May-06, 01:00 PM

Yes it will work

bikeboy541 · 14-May-06, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Marc


	Yes it will work

will it work off of eachother

IcEMage · 14-May-06, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by bikeboy541


	hey everyone i have a questoin. i have a asus a8v motherboard. in the 2 blue slots i have 512mb 266mhz ram, and im plannin on buying another 512mb 333mhz ram will this work since the slots are 2 different colours. any help would be appreciated since ill be going to get it in about an hour thanks

The new RAM you buy will only run at 266mhz tho, if I am not mistaken.

Spectrum · 14-May-06, 01:07 PM

All of the ram will work at the speed of the slowest ram.

bikeboy541 · 14-May-06, 01:12 PM

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	All of the ram will work at the speed of the slowest ram.

ok i got the ok to get 2x512 of 333 will now since i will be having 2x333 and 2x266 in 2 differetn coloured slots would the 2x333 run at 333 since its in the black slot and not blue.sorry im newb to ram

Spectrum · 14-May-06, 01:15 PM

Nope, doesn't matter what slots. All the ram will run at the slowest speed.

IcEMage · 14-May-06, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by bikeboy541


	ok i got the ok to get 2x512 of 333 will now since i will be having 2x333 and 2x266 in 2 differetn coloured slots would the 2x333 run at 333 since its in the black slot and not blue.sorry im newb to ram

It will not matter what 'slot' you put them in, speed wise they will still run at the speed of your slowest stick.

bikeboy541 · 14-May-06, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Spectrum


	Nope, doesn't matter what slots. All the ram will run at the slowest speed.

k thanks alot thankyou everyone for the help

IcEMage · 14-May-06, 01:16 PM

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	k thanks alot thankyou everyone for the help

No prob

markwalker84 · 14-May-06, 01:19 PM

it would be like a fat kid and a fit kid in a three legged race... can only go at the speed of the fat kid

Mark

EDIT: yay! 400th post!

bikeboy541 · 14-May-06, 03:30 PM

thanks again i got 2x512 400mhz works awsome my fps in source went down to 103 used to be 108 dont no wat thats about but w.e windows and everythign else is alot quiker. it seems as time goes on wit this ram thigns run faster i dotn no if ram can like break in or wat thanks again everyone

Ator · 16-May-06, 10:22 PM

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	thanks again i got 2x512 400mhz works awsome my fps in source went down to 103 used to be 108 dont no wat thats about but w.e windows and everythign else is alot quiker. it seems as time goes on wit this ram thigns run faster i dotn no if ram can like break in or wat thanks again everyone

In my opinion, the max frame rates never truly matter...it's the average that counts. Even if you lost a few FPS in source, everything else sped up around it, and that is what truly matters.

The small frame rate drop might be the result of loosened RAM timings. What are the specs of the RAM you got? From the slowdown, i'm guessing they have 3-4-4-8 timings. The best performing RAM for 2x512 nowadays is 2-2-2-5, and this will probably regain those lost frames, and maybe even add a couple more.

$SOLID$ Necro · 16-May-06, 10:51 PM

RAM will often run at higher speeds and tighter timing than what they are rated for, I can get some old kingston DDR266 to run DDR400 with loose timings (Cas 3-3-3-8, 2.5-3-3-7 is stock)

Alternatively, I can run them much tighter than stock at DDR266 speeds (CAS 2-3-3-6)

I would bet you could get all 4 sticks to run at DDR333 speeds or more with around 2.8v

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14-May-06, 01:00 PM		#3 (permalink)
Marc Apex Master Tech	Yes it will work

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Spectrum Former GameApex Editor	All of the ram will work at the speed of the slowest ram.

14-May-06, 01:15 PM		#8 (permalink)
Spectrum Former GameApex Editor	Nope, doesn't matter what slots. All the ram will run at the slowest speed.

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markwalker84 Apex Tech Maniac	it would be like a fat kid and a fit kid in a three legged race... can only go at the speed of the fat kid Mark EDIT: yay! 400th post!

14-May-06, 03:30 PM		#13 (permalink)
bikeboy541 Apex Tech Fanatic	thanks again i got 2x512 400mhz works awsome my fps in source went down to 103 used to be 108 dont no wat thats about but w.e windows and everythign else is alot quiker. it seems as time goes on wit this ram thigns run faster i dotn no if ram can like break in or wat thanks again everyone

16-May-06, 10:51 PM		#15 (permalink)
$SOLID$ Necro Mastah Overclocker	RAM will often run at higher speeds and tighter timing than what they are rated for, I can get some old kingston DDR266 to run DDR400 with loose timings (Cas 3-3-3-8, 2.5-3-3-7 is stock) Alternatively, I can run them much tighter than stock at DDR266 speeds (CAS 2-3-3-6) I would bet you could get all 4 sticks to run at DDR333 speeds or more with around 2.8v