4gb ddr2-800 or 2gb ddr2-1066

[ShadowFold]

Which would be faster for gaming?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134218

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820208353

 

[SkylinGTR26]

get the 2gb 1066

Your not gonna see that big of a performance increase in games from 2gb to 4gb. Plus that 4gb sucks! its generic. high latency garbage. actually if i were you i'd get 4gb of these...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146565

and overclock. or maybe some of the ballistix 2gb 1066ers

 

[ShadowFold]

I already have a pair of DDR2-800 sticks tho. I dont like overclocking ram because I wont have a replacement if they die..

 

[sneekypeet]

Im running 4GB of Tracers 800MHz...I see faster load times, thats really about it.

Not too sure with your set up tho, as you are running a 64bit OS, mine is only 32bit.

Mine was done in prep to Vista Ultimate 64bit, that is on its way here.

 

[Bytor]

I'm running 2 gigs of Balistix DDR2-1066 tracers and they kick butt over the 4 gigs of Corsair DDR2-800 they replaced. I have 4 gigs of Balistix, but only use the 2.

 

[ShadowFold]

Wait whats it mean if my board supports DDR2-800/DDR2-1066(oc)?

 

[Bytor]

Wait whats it mean if my board supports DDR2-800/DDR2-1066(oc)?

The MB does not support 1066. You would have to run it at 800mhz and them OC the ram to reach 1066 or better.
My M3A32-MVP MB supports 1066 but only with a Phenom processor installed. So with my 6000+ installed before getting my 9850 Phenom I had to OC the ram to get it to 1066.

 

[ShadowFold]

Oh nvm then I will just get some Transcend DDR2-800 sticks then. Thanks tho!

 

[SkylinGTR26]

well you can get the 1066 sticks and run them at a higher divider than your cpu is...

so you run your CPU at stock and your RAM at 1066...

 

[ntdouglas]

Get at least the 4 gig kit. The more the merrier.

 

[Pandaz3]

I had 2 X 2 of AData PC6400 and while not stellar it seemed good for about four months, not oc'd but one stick failed anyway after that I was just using the one good stick, but I thought I would try some Geil this time and I am all happy again. Using it in a MSI K9A2 Platinum with a AMD 6400+, 3870 and Ultimate 64

I have not tried OC'ing this Ram but other users claim it goes 1066 routinely.