ocz memory issues

erichblas2005

Is their a good alternative to OCZ. I have pc-3200 dual channel memory.

Your-Amish-Daddy

PQI never let me down before.

fatcat

erichblas2005 wrote:

Is their a good alternative to OCZ. I have pc-3200 dual channel memory.

Just PM RyderOCZ. He works for them. I'm sure he'd be glad to help with whatever issue you are having.

erichblas2005

well what happens is during game play halo 2 or cod2 the system will run from 50fps - 20fps.:sad2: ugh..........

Thrax

Why are you convinced it's the RAM?

What sort of testing have you done thus far?

erichblas2005

Well I did try swapping out the graphics card with a 8600gt. still the same issue. I at least want to keep this machine out of the junk pile for another two years.

On one channel I have pc3200 x2 256mb and the other pc4000 x2 512mb.

Your-Amish-Daddy

I didn't know they made PC4000 memory for DDR1. That'd be what...533?

Leonardo

Sometimes running mismatched RAM on the same motherboard works just fine, with the motherboard memory bus defaulting to the speed of the slower RAM. Sometimes the mismatch will not work right. Have you tried just running the one speed RAM or the other speed, but not both together?

erichblas2005

Your Amish Daddy wrote:

I didn't know they made PC4000 memory for DDR1. That'd be what...533?

They did make it thats why I bought. When I do a cpuid I tells me pc4000.

Part no# OCZ500512ELDCGE-K

Your-Amish-Daddy

I'm just saying that I'd never heard of it.

TheLostSwede

If you put the same memory config from another brand, i am 100% sure you will see the same thing. Since you run with 4 sticks, and 2 of the pairs with different chips, chances are that your memory speed is at DDR400 or even less. Post screenies of CPU-z all tabs and we can tell.

Start a game, run half of one of the maps, then alt-tab out to desktop. Check with task manager how much resources you have left. How much ram is in use, how much cpu usage you have etc and let us know.
What OS do you use? XP?

erichblas2005

TheLostSwede wrote:

If you put the same memory config from another brand, i am 100% sure you will see the same thing. Since you run with 4 sticks, and 2 of the pairs with different chips, chances are that your memory speed is at DDR400 or even less. Post screenies of CPU-z all tabs and we can tell.

Start a game, run half of one of the maps, then alt-tab out to desktop. Check with task manager how much resources you have left. How much ram is in use, how much cpu usage you have etc and let us know.
What OS do you use? XP?

I use vista home premium. The system default speed is pc3200

GHoosdum

I think part of your issue is that you have too little memory for Vista to run reasonably.

On top of that, you're seeing bum framerates because you're using relatively low-end video cards to run games that need decent horsepower.

For example, Halo 2 is a DirectX 10 based game. It would actually run faster with a high-end DirectX 9 video card than it does with the 8600GT, which is a low-end DirectX 10 card. You're probably trying to push the resolution higher than either video card can comfortably run at.

Again, it's not the brand or speed of RAM that's causing your issue so much as the scarcity of it coupled with a low hardware spec in Vista and gaming terms.

Your-Amish-Daddy

If he's got an x1600 that's not bad. It plays gears like butter, because that's how a friend of mine plays while he's at work..He's got a Macbook with the ATI x1600 in it.

erichblas2005

GHoosdum wrote:

I think part of your issue is that you have too little memory for Vista to run reasonably.

On top of that, you're seeing bum framerates because you're using relatively low-end video cards to run games that need decent horsepower.

For example, Halo 2 is a DirectX 10 based game. It would actually run faster with a high-end DirectX 9 video card than it does with the 8600GT, which is a low-end DirectX 10 card. You're probably trying to push the resolution higher than either video card can comfortably run at.

Again, it's not the brand or speed of RAM that's causing your issue so much as the scarcity of it coupled with a low hardware spec in Vista and gaming terms.

I tried the 8600GT and I got the same problem. I used low quality settings
800x600 640x480.

TheLostSwede

Vista is your main gogger with only 1.5GB of ram. 7-900 is being used for Vista and it's main apps. Then you have about half a gig for your game. No modern games uses less than 500mb of ram i think.

erichblas2005

All the main apps I've shut down like vista aero.

GHoosdum

Vista is a memory hog even on a fresh boot. I had Vista Basic (no Aero) installed before I went back to XP and it used 750MB or so of RAM when it was completely idle.

Ryder

Erich,

What speeds and timings are you running the ram?

Have you tested with just 2 x 512 or 2 x 256? Mismatching densities will lower ram performance.

Crysis is the most demanding Video game on the market. People running SLI 8800's report less than 30FPS with "normal" settings.

I think you are just seeing the limitations of your hardware.

Thrax

Agreed. Your hardware is substantially behind the curve for Crysis.

Your-Amish-Daddy

I play with a class 2 computer on medium quality and I never dip below 45fps so memory must be a big thing since I've got 3gb of 5-5-5-15 400mhz.

Leonardo

Have you tested with just 2 x 512 or 2 x 256? Mismatching densities will lower ram performance.

Erich, I asked you that as well a couple days ago and received no reply. I guess that means you have not tried. We'd like to help, but that's difficult if you ignore what we advise.

erichblas2005

Leonardo wrote:

Erich, I asked you that as well a couple days ago and received no reply. I guess that means you have not tried. We'd like to help, but that's difficult if you ignore what we advise.

OOPS sorry.
I used the 2x512 pc3200

erichblas2005

The timing on the 2x256 is 2.5-4-4-7 & 2x512 2.5-4-4-8
SLOT # 1 512
2 256
3 512
4 256