joseph_msf Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Hello, Why is my 1GB ram faster than 4gb ram? I did a mem test and below are the results. OS: Win XP, 32bit below is what is written on the ram sticks. Original ram (2 512mb sticks) is 1gb: DDR2-533 CL4; PC2-4200U-444 10 New 2xstick of 2GB ram: DDR2-533 CL4-4-4 12; PC2-4200 1GBx2 ====== Memtest 1gb results mem copy: 2207 MB/s mem read: 2978 MB/s mem write: 1703 MB/s mem latency: 125.0 ns memtest 4gb results mem copy: 2095 MB/s mem read: 3725 MB/s mem write: 1527 MB/s mem latency: 135.7 ns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumper Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 444 10 < 4-4-4 12 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 In my experience, what is written on RAM labels can be wrong. Better to check the SPD info using CPU-Z or a similar tool. This topic title reminded me of something I noticed during the upgrade history of my home computer. There was a noticeable slowdown in going from an 850 board with 768MB RDRAM to a 865 board with 3GB DDR. I didn't stick with the 865 for too long and ended up using the 850 in another computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph_msf Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 In my experience, what is written on RAM labels can be wrong. Better to check the SPD info using CPU-Z or a similar tool. This topic title reminded me of something I noticed during the upgrade history of my home computer. There was a noticeable slowdown in going from an 850 board with 768MB RDRAM to a 865 board with 3GB DDR. I didn't stick with the 865 for too long and ended up using the 850 in another computer.Hello Tripredacus,Are you suggesting that I may not have a 4gb ram? If so, I double check my receipt and order from New egg and indeed they are 2sticks of 2x1gb. Please let me know. Thanks! I will also look into CPU-z and similar tools. Joseph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 From what I've seen, mislabelled RAM had discrepencies in timing more so than memory size. Can you post the part number on the RAM stick too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROTS Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 I really do not care as long as it gets the job done for the purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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