CAS Latency

[WiredBrain]

Can I someone explains or provide more info on CAS Latency? My CAS Latency is 2.

 

[GoNz0]

thats faster than 2.5 or 3

the lower the settings the more aggressive and faster the timings.
I buy corsair memory as its guarenteed to run at the fastest timings.

 

[scriptasylum]

Originally posted by WiredBrain
Can I someone explains or provide more info on CAS Latency? My CAS Latency is 2.

I believe CAS stands for Column Access Strobe.

 

[WiredBrain]

Thank you

 

[Jz1397-5]

whenever i set mine to 2, i get alot more errors, so i keep it on 2.5 and don't really notice a different in every day useage.

 

[Gus K]

so i keep it on 2.5 and don't really notice a different in every day useage.

You mean you can't notice a 4 thousand of a second difference?

 

[GoNz0]

no but its the diffrence between 12500 3d marks and 13000 3d marks ,

 

[WiredBrain]

So, when I'm buying RAM, do I need to check out the CAS Latency?

 

[dubstar]

Originally posted by WiredBrain
So, when I'm buying RAM, do I need to check out the CAS Latency?

if your into numbers, yes, the lower the better.. if you just want the memory to run the computer, it shouldnt matter.

i dont think anything over 2.5 CAS Latency is very worthy of a computer.

 

[GoNz0]

Corsair do 1 of the best CAS2 Sticks in any speed imho


but dont forget NTFS Sponsor Crucial Memory, CAS 2.5 there though.

 

[Sazar]

cas latency affects the initial burst of data...

if you have cas 2.5 and cas 2 ddr2700 memory... while the cas 2 will have a faster initial burst of data (obviously due to lower timings) they both operate @ the same speed...

 

[rettahc]

Originally posted by GoNz0
Corsair do 1 of the best CAS2 Sticks in any speed imho


but dont forget NTFS Sponsor Crucial Memory, CAS 2.5 there though.

My crucial CAS 2.5 runs at CAS 2.0 with no problems

 

[Taurus]

Originally posted by rettahc
My crucial CAS 2.5 runs at CAS 2.0 with no problems

ditto.