Corsair Vengeance latency difference?

Gunni Parker · 22 Jun 2011 at 10:41

Other than the price, is there a lot of difference between the 8-8-8-24 and 9-9-9-24 8gb kits???

lrlcr · 22 Jun 2011 at 10:52

not really, the 88824 will be a bit faster but not enough for you to actually notcie without benching it.

Plec · 22 Jun 2011 at 11:44

There will be no discernable difference with day to day usage.

Gunni Parker · 22 Jun 2011 at 13:40

Will I benefit that much more with the lower latency for OC???

Plec · 22 Jun 2011 at 13:44

Gunni Parker said:
Will I benefit that much more with the lower latency OC???

Do you mean if you intended to OC the memory?

If you mean will the lower latencys affect the CPU OC then no it will make no difference at all.

If it's for a SB build then low voltage is king when it comes to clocking and the XMS3 will usually run at ~1.5V (certainly under 1.58V) which is a real bonus.

Gunni Parker · 22 Jun 2011 at 14:18

I meant OC the ram and CPU??? The main benefit is for gaming tbh! I want those extra frames.

Plec · 22 Jun 2011 at 14:41

You only need to worry about the CPU OC - as the memory will have very little impact on peformance in games (the XMS 12800 being more than enough), unlike the CPU which will be doing most of the grunt work along with the GPU.

If you still want to overclock the memory then the lower latency spec may give you a bit more headroom but there's no guarantee. The G.SKill have had quite a lot of success with overclocking...