DDR400 with VIA KT400?

[ht]

I'm using Gigabyte GA-7VA board, KT400 Chipset and DDR333 256MB Memory. Considering to upgrade to DDR400 512MB. Would I get any performance gain, or should I stick with DDR333 and buy another 256MB?

[Scott Tiger]

What's your OS? I'm assuming it's either Win2k or XP. I can't say that I know what the "right" answer is but I do know that if you're using Windows 98 then the extra 256 mb of ram won't really mean much to overall performance.

[jkrohn]

If you are using a 333 FSB processor (or 533 if it is a P4) and you are not overclocking you will not see a performance increase simply from DDR400.

This is because DDR400 at 333 will run at the exact same speed as DDR333 at 333.

Jkrohn

[ht]

I'm using Barton 2500+ which is FSB333. Not planning to overclock. Running Win XP Professional.

[nunyadam]

also if your motherboard is like mine it will only be able to use 1 stick of ddr 400.

[tgxiii]

I think the KT400 doesn't support all DDR400 modules, so you should check that out first. If I could only remember where I got the list of DDR400 memory modules that work with that chipset....