Is my memory setting ok?

[Saljr]

hi guys, i have Gskill 8500CL5D 4GBPK DRR2 1066 2GB x 2 CL5-5-5-15

Motherboard: EP45-UD3R rev 1.1
CPU: Intel E8400
OS: WinXp home

my bios says ram is running at 1066

But CPU-Z says this: DRam frequency: 533.3 Mhz FSBRam 5.8

CL5-7-7-20 2T DC Mode: Symmetric

And 3DMark 06 says: my ram Frequency 800.0 MHz

what do you guys think?

 

[red1776]

hi Saljr,
there DDR part stands for double data rate. your memory accesses two 533Mhz channels, and i use that term generically, and has the effect of running at 1066mhz 533 x 2 = 1066, as for 3dMark thats just a glitch its reading off the mother board, default setting. so yeah your ram is fine

 

[Saljr]

cool glad to hear that. What about my timing? In bios it has CL5-5-5-15 and on

CPU-Z software it says that im running CL5-7-7-20 i hope thats just a glich.

 

[red1776]

your timings are fine also, 5-5-5 is a standard timing for DDR2, different programs just see things differently....if you open Sandra lite or another program, you might get a third tras timing LOL

 

[Saljr]

i know it seems like every program says something different.