New Crucial "Ballistix" Ram for G5

[lssmit02]

Crucial announced it is selling a new type of ram, called "Ballistix," which is compatible with the G5. Crucial describes it as follows:

"Crucial Technology, a division of Micron, and one of the world's largest direct memory upgrade providers, today introduces the Crucial Ballistix™ high-performance memory line, designed specifically for computer gamers and power users seeking maximum system performance and stability at a competitive price-point."

You can get a PC3200 512 meg chip with lower latency, specifically CL=2. Would you see any performance advantage from installing this memory over standard brand (CL=3) memory? I assume you would have to replace all your ram to take advantage of it as well.

 

[BornAgainMac]

512 is the maximum size. It would also be nice if they showed some type of benchmarks to show the advantage.

 

[lssmit02]

Here's the link

Crucial Ballistix Ram

 

[lssmit02]

It would also be nice if they showed some type of benchmarks to show the advantage.

Yeah, that was what I was thinking. I mean, if the G5 can only use memory operating at a higher latency, aren't you wasting your money?

 

[Celeron]

Not worth it on the Mac platform. The new Crucial RAM is primarily for PC overclockers that stress their computers above and beyond normal levels. For a Mac I wouldn't buy anything other than regular Crucial RAM, its not worth it.