Path: utzoo!utgpu!cunews!bnrgate!bwdls61!bwdls58!mlord From: mlord@bwdls58.bnr.ca (Mark Lord) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: Memory speeds Message-ID: <5577@bwdls58.UUCP> Date: 31 Dec 69 23:59:59 GMT References: <59051@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> Sender: mlord@bwdls58.UUCP Reply-To: mlord@bwdls58.bnr.ca (Mark Lord) Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada Lines: 22 , vcl@mimas.UUCP (Victor C. Limary) I have a 16MHz 386 computer with 2 megs of mixed 80ns and 100ns SIMMS. <>I am thinking of buying 4 1meg x 9 SIMMS, but I'm not sure about what <>speed memory I should get. Most likely, I will be getting at least 80ns, <>but lately, I've seen lots of 70ns and 60ns RAM. Is there a big <>difference in speed with each 10ns? Prices are about $5-$15 more for <>every 10ns speed increase with the memory. Is getting 70ns or even 60ns <>SIMMs worth the extra money with a 16MHz computer? Buying SIMMS capable of faster speeds does not speed up the memory subsystem of your computer. Your motherboard has to be capable of faster accesses to memory (via programmable wait states or whatever) in order for "faster" SIMMS to be of any use. Buy the cheapest ones you can get which are no slower than the ones your copmuter came with. In your case, play it safe at get 80ns SIMMS. -- ___Mark S. Lord__________________________________________ | ..uunet!bnrgate!mlord%bmerh724 | Climb Free Or Die (NH) | | MLORD@BNR.CA Ottawa, Ontario | Personal views only. | |________________________________|________________________|