Ram timings

  • Det timings har jeg ikke lige helt fattet hvordan virker. Når jeg kigger på min egen, er der en som står til 2,5 og resten er sat på auto.
    Nogen som kan forklare mig hvordan det virker og hvad det vil sige når i skriver 2,5-2-2-5 (eller i den stil)

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  • Det tar laang tid at læse om det, men selv om glemmer det meste undervejs så er man alligevel klogere når man er færdig. Man kan opfatte sine ram som et stort regne ark. med kolloner til siden og ned.. Det er her dataen lageres og hentes og slettes når den ikke skal bruges mere.


    De forskellige timings betyder hvor lang tid der skal gå mellem en ny cyklus.. Så du kan selv regne ud at jo lavere jo bedre (så længe rammene kan følge med).


    Læs lidt selv, det var lige en hurtig gennemgang som var langt fra præcis men skulle gerne give en ide om hvad det er..

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  • Lige et hurtigt - og kort - uddrag fra den "lille" udførlige Windows XP Tweaking Companion, som jeg blev færdig med for nylig (tung læsning der kan betale sig i sidste ende, hvis man vil have mest muligt ud af sit system):


    "RAM Timings: These are composed of several variables, set in your BIOS, which determine not the frequency of the RAM module (RAM speed), but the latency of the RAM that is, the amount of time it waits between updating various signals. For example the RAS (Row Access Strobe) and CAS (Column Access Strobe) latency settings measure in nanoseconds the delay in sending signals which specify firstly the row in which a particular memory cell is located, and then the column. The lower the RAM timings in nanoseconds, the less time the RAM rests between these operations, and hence the faster it performs, but the greater the chance for errors and instability. Just like speed ratings, RAM modules come with recommended timings already encoded in their Serial Presence Detect (SPD) on a special chip. These SPD settings are used by default unless manually changed in the BIOS, and when combined with the recommended speed rating (See RAM Speed above) ensure maximum stability.


    If you want to improve the performance of your RAM, and hence your entire system, you can lower its timings and/or increase its speed.


    If you want to change any of the timings, the first thing you should try is lowering your CAS latency as it usually has the largest impact on performance out of all the timings. However be aware that the higher your RAM speed, the more likely it is that lowering your CAS latency will result in instability or simply not let you boot into Windows. You may have to actually reduce your current RAM speed to allow you to lower CAS latency, and in many instances a lower CAS latency can give more of a performance improvement than just having a higher RAM speed. This is because raising RAM speed raises bandwidth, which accommodates more data in transfers. However some programs rely not so much on how much data is transferred, but how quickly it is accessed for calculations when in RAM. That's where lower latency can improve performance more than just increasing bandwidth [...]"

  • Meget let, du skal bare have det laveste for bedst ydelse ;)


    Du kan så søge eller prøve dig frem mht. hvilke af timmingsne der giver mest og begrænser ram'nes ydelse mindst... ;) Altså vejen frem for at nå bedst ydelse overall..


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