Hardware Analysis Community Forums http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/70826/ 2008-11-21T06:03:11-05:00 http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/70826/ http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/halogo.gif text/html 2008-02-25T23:35:54-05:00 BoT http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/70826/#530092 if you have a dedicated video card then the performance of your memory becomes <br /> secondary because it is used as a swap file text/html 2008-02-25T21:17:50-05:00 AlanOne http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/70826/#530086 How about performance with video games at stock speeds?<br /> <br /> Thanks again. text/html 2008-02-25T20:20:51-05:00 BoT http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/70826/#530083 if you are running win xp the i would go for the 2gig of pc8500. only because c2d's can take<br /> better advantage of higher bandwidth and 2 gig are plenty for xp.<br /> if you use vista then i probably stick with the 3gig of pc6200/6400 because it will use every<br /> byte of it. text/html 2008-02-25T20:20:23-05:00 _MD_ http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/70826/#530082 If you're not overclocking, then it is identically the same (if the timings are the same of course). But if you plan to OC, the 8500 would predictably perform better. However, if you're running a ram intensive applications, the more ram, the better. text/html 2008-02-25T20:08:06-05:00 AlanOne http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/70826/#0 All,<br /> <br /> I'm having a RAM dilemma. I am currently running 2 sticks of 1Gb PC2 6200 and two sticks of 512mb PC2 6400 = 3gb total. I also have a pair of PC2 8500 = 2Gb. My question to the community is: Are three gigs of 6400 better than two gigs of 8500 (as of now I am not overclocking).<br /> <br /> I'll gladly take any advice I can get. <img src="http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/smilies/smile1.gif" width="14" height="14" border="0" alt=":)" title=":)"><br /> <br /> Much thanks,<br /> -AlanOne