DDR2 and DDR3?

[Laedarr]

<p>I was just curious.  Does EQ2 recognize the speed differences between DDR3 clocked a mem speed of 2000 and DDR2 with mem speeds of 1333?</p><p>I know in most newer games, DDR3 rams overclocked at 2k have an awesome influence in the performance.  Being that EQ2 is such an older style game, I wasn't sure if the more current speeds of ram had any impact.</p><p>Also, what is the best Motherboard out there that can handle DDR3 @ 2000 mem speed?  Currently, i'm looking at an <strong>eVGA 132-YW-E180-A1 LGA 775 nVidia nForce 790i SLI ATX? </strong></p><p>I plan on putting a wolfdale E8600 in it, and overclock it to 4.0 ghz.   Also, looking at the Patriot Viper 4gig (2x2) DDR3 @2000 (PC3 16000)</p><p>Any feedback would be much appreciated.</p>

[Laedarr]

<p>does anyone have any helpful insight on this?</p>

[TSR-DanielH]

<p>The game should definitely take advantage of any speed increase with your RAM.  I use some older style Mushkin RAM myself, and I have extra volts pumped into it so I can keep the timings really low.  I notice quite a difference when I optomize my timings.</p>