[P1] what's the difference between...

[Allan Hise]

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, Lachlan Yee wrote:

> Dear Pamela,
>
> Yes, PC133 is definitely faster, later technology.

It isn't faster, it is capable of being faster.
The computer drives the RAM at the speed it wants, so the RAM either works
at that speed or doesnt. "Faster" RAM is guaranteed to work at faster
speeds than "slower" RAM. Just cuz you pop it into your computer, doesn't
make the RAM accesses any faster.

Don't spend more moeny on RAM that is faster than your machine can handle.
If it is cheaper, you are probably ok (but as someone said earlier, not
all RAM is backwards compatible).