Memory Compatibility question

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  1. kv2336

    kv2336 Member

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    Currently my motherboard is running ddr2 800 memory because that is what is stated as the highest it can handel in the manual and ddr2-800 is writen next to the memory slots but today while i was looking through the bios I found the dram frequency option and one of the choices was 533 MHz which is what DDR2-1066 runs at so i was wondering if my mobo could run ddr2-1066 memory.

    Mobo:Nvidia nforce 630a-geforce 7050
     
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    It probably means 533mhz after DDR, i.e. half the speed of your RAM.
     
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    I understand that but 533 doubled is 1066 which is what ddr2 1066 basicly is so my question is if i bought a ddr2 1066 memory module would it work in my motherboard
     
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    No, because when your motherboard says 533 it means it, 266 doubled = 533. That is what it refers to, not 1066.
     
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    But the options are 200,266,333,400 an 533 and the supported ones are ddr2 400,533,667, and 800 so the last one must be ddr2 1066
     
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    Hmm fair enough. I suspect it may be a speed that isn't officially supported but is included for overclocking purposes.
     

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