Comparison Chart
Higher speed memory can lead to better system performance on many applications. The higher the speed the faster the system is able to read and write data from the memory. Lower timings also improve performance. The lower the timings the less delay you will have before data starts to flow. Memory manufacturers try to maximize the speed while minimizing the timings, however it is often difficult to do both - there are trade-offs. Total system memory size should also be considered. For gaming it is generally recommended that you need between 1GB and 2GB to get the best performance out of today's latest games. For some games, such as Battlefield 2, it has been proven that 2GB of system memory can improve performance. All NVIDIA SLI-Ready motherboards for Intel CPUs and AMD AM2 CPUs use the DDR2 memory listed above. All other NVIDIA SLI-Ready motherboards for AMD Socket 939 or 754 use standard DDR SDRAM memory.
What is EPP? (167 KB PDF)
|