8 GB of RAM 667 MHz

[Krizhni Chizo]

Is 667 MHz that bad? Are games like PUBG, BO4, etc... still playable with 8GB, 667MHz

[_I_]

its slow, but not bad
ddr 1333
also depends on the timings, if tis cl11 thats horrible
cl7-8 would be very good

[Omega]

Memory clockspeeds are meaningless, there are many other factors such as timings which you also have to take in to consideration.

[Krizhni Chizo]

How do you check timing?

[_I_]

cpuz, memory tab

[RubenF]

You have it in dual channel, so each stick runs at 667 mhz. If you multiply it by two you run at 1333 mhz which is a normal but not that great ddr3 speed. 1333 > 1600 > 1866 > 2133 are the most common ram speeds

[Omega]

Originally posted by RubenF:

You have it in dual channel, so each stick runs at 667 mhz. If you multiply it by two you run at 1333 mhz which is a normal but not that great ddr3 speed. 1333 > 1600 > 1866 > 2133 are the most common ram speeds

That is not how it works. Dual channel increases the bandwidth not the clockspeed.

Multiplying the clockspeed only applies to the Dram frequency because DDR = Double Data Rate.

[Autumn_]

Originally posted by RubenF:

You have it in dual channel, so each stick runs at 667 mhz. If you multiply it by two you run at 1333 mhz which is a normal but not that great ddr3 speed. 1333 > 1600 > 1866 > 2133 are the most common ram speeds

That's not how it works.

DDR is Dual Data Rate, meaning, if you have a speed, say 1066, if you double that, you get 2133.

Dual channel is something completely different.

[RubenF]

Originally posted by Autumn:

Originally posted by RubenF:

You have it in dual channel, so each stick runs at 667 mhz. If you multiply it by two you run at 1333 mhz which is a normal but not that great ddr3 speed. 1333 > 1600 > 1866 > 2133 are the most common ram speeds

That's not how it works.

DDR is Dual Data Rate, meaning, if you have a speed, say 1066, if you double that, you get 2133.

Dual channel is something completely different.

I was saying that.

[Autumn_]

Originally posted by RubenF:

Originally posted by Autumn:

That's not how it works.

DDR is Dual Data Rate, meaning, if you have a speed, say 1066, if you double that, you get 2133.

Dual channel is something completely different.

I was saying that.

No, you aren't.

You said 2 sticks equal the speed.

One sticks effective speed is double what is reported in programs like Speccy and CPU-Z.
Windows will tell you the effective speed of your RAM.

[RubenF]

Originally posted by Autumn:

Originally posted by RubenF:

I was saying that.

No, you aren't.

You said 2 sticks equal the speed.

One sticks effective speed is double what is reported in programs like Speccy and CPU-Z.
Windows will tell you the effective speed of your RAM.

I know that, who said that he was using windows or speccy?

[nullable]

Originally posted by Carl-y:

Is 667 MHz that bad? Are games like PUBG, BO4, etc... still playable with 8GB, 667MHz

Since everyone went off the rails struggling to understand all those pesky numbers used in RAM. I'll ask the sensible question. What are your specs? Because pinning everything on RAM speed is a bit silly.

It's much more likely your CPU or GPU are't up to the task as opposed to everything being great except for that darn RAM is too slow.

[Krizhni Chizo]

Originally posted by Brockenstein:

Originally posted by Carl-y:

Is 667 MHz that bad? Are games like PUBG, BO4, etc... still playable with 8GB, 667MHz

Since everyone went off the rails struggling to understand all those pesky numbers used in RAM. I'll ask the sensible question. What are your specs? Because pinning everything on RAM speed is a bit silly.

It's much more likely your CPU or GPU are't up to the task as opposed to everything being great except for that darn RAM is too slow.

Haha, I wasn't even complaining, not sure why you thought I did. I'm just asking is speed of RAM (MHz) making a noticeable difference.

[_I_]

take the speed (freq x 2) / cl timings
higher = better
0-170 = bad
170-190 = poor
190-210 = good
210-230 = great
230+ = enthusiast

thats the way its been since ddr2
ddr2 800 cl4 (200) was awesome ram, while ddr2 667 cl5 (133) was slow

[Buck]

it's time to upgrade your system if DDR2 667 is the best memory it can support. That's 15 year old tech.

[Krizhni Chizo]

Originally posted by Buck:

it's time to upgrade your system if DDR2 667 is the best memory it can support. That's 15 year old tech.

People come on, I'm not saying anything. I just asked the easiest question. I wasn't sure, so I asked here. If you're curious, my motherboard can support up to 8GB of RAM, 1333 MHz. Upgrading PC is the least of my worries right now.