?????? Memory ???????

[airbornflght]

Ok, am I missing something or can I not stick a faster stick of ram on my mobo even though it says only up to DDR-400, they are making DDR-600 and DDR-800, whats the deal???? is my mobo pullin the wool over my eyes? and whats the deal with DDR2 is that an intel only thing??? :scratch:

[Leonardo]

What is the brand and model of your motherboard?

[Flintstone]

At the moment, DDR2 is an Intel only thing.

[mmonnin]

Thats DDR2-800.

[profdlp]

Buying memory rated faster than your MB spec calls for is mostly useful just when overclocking, unless you MB allows you to run the memory bus at a higher speed than the CPU FSB.

My niece has an MSI board with an Athlon 2000+. The CPU runs on a 133/266 FSB, meaning she needs at least PC2100 memory. She has a setting in the BIOS which allows her to use PC2700 RAM at its rated speed. How much good this actually does her in "real world" situations is debatable.

[airbornflght]

I have a gigabyte K8NS-Pro, running a Athalon 64 2800,(i know its dated but it works).