Which is faster/better out of these 2?

toon_mad · 27 Sep 2009 at 10:01

Im looking at the timings, if i remember lower is faster (or is it the other way round :confused:

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Anyway, two practically the same here, one with 8-8-8-24 and the other with 9-9-9-24, which is better?

G.Skill Ripjaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-041-GS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1387

G.Skill Ripjaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-042-GS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1387

Cheers

Deific · 27 Sep 2009 at 10:13

the faster one (blue)

McstylisT · 27 Sep 2009 at 10:13

Hi ,

The 8-8-8-24 are tighter timings so in theory they should be snappier , however you will not notice a thing between them. I have 9-9-9-24 mem and its great. Very speedy and since its cheaper why not. ??

McT

reflux · 27 Sep 2009 at 10:14

8-8-8-24 is faster than 9-9-9-24. Those numbers the response times of the RAM.

the1gooner · 27 Sep 2009 at 10:27

reflux said:
8-8-8-24 is faster than 9-9-9-24. Those numbers the response times of the RAM.

Unless all you do is run 3dmark 2001 then you won't get any noticable performance boost between memory running the timings above.

Perhaps a slightly lower superpi time.

So yeah if you are crazy about getting the best benchmark scores then get the memory with tighter timings.

In everyday tasks especially gaming you won't see any benefit.

Jokester · 27 Sep 2009 at 10:31

For the sake of a pound I would go with the faster ones, but in reality you're not going to be able to tell any different, they might overclock further though.

DavieJG · 27 Sep 2009 at 12:17

For the sake of a pound i would also go for the Cas8.

They will all be made on the same production run and then binned into different product classes depending on testing. Cas8 does indicate a slightly higher quality run.

toon_mad · 27 Sep 2009 at 13:04

think i will go for the extra £1

Cheers