DDR 133Mhz 512MB or DDR 266Mhz 256MB?

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by shakoor_h, Feb 15, 2008.

  1. shakoor_h

    shakoor_h Private E-2

    I've always wanted to know this, but anyway I have an old laptop which has 2x256MB DDR 266MHz sticks in it. And recently got a 512MB 133Mhz stick (I got it free), anyway I was wanting to know whether it was worth replacing one of the 256 sticks with it and will I see a boost in performance even though the clock speed will be downgraded?
     
    shakoor_h, Feb 15, 2008
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  2. prometheos

    prometheos Staff Sergeant

    More ram will benefit performance. The OS can load more items into ram ( keeping them on hand) which is faster than always having reload them from the hard drive.:)
     
    prometheos, Feb 15, 2008
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  3. dlb

    dlb MajorGeek

    I agree. RAM speeds do not make a noticeable difference in performance, but RAM quantity sure does!
     
    dlb, Feb 15, 2008
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  4. shakoor_h

    shakoor_h Private E-2

    OK, I'll try putting it in my laptop, I was actually thinking of putting it into my slightly newer laptop which has 333Mhz 2x256Mb ram, but was thinking that it might completely slow it down.
     
    shakoor_h, Feb 16, 2008
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