Posted by WinField on 08/01/07 14:36

Archimedes' Lever wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 07:36:27 GMT, "POD {Ò¿Ó}"
> <DONT.EVEN.TRY.IT@DEADSPAM.COM> wrote:
>
>
>>Spurious Response <SpuriousResponse@cleansignal.org> once tried to test me.
>>I ate their liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti
>>
>>
>>>>2 gig ddr2-800 ram
>>>
>>> What? No ECC?
>>
>>That would only slow it down....
>
>
>
> You're an idiot for saying that. It runs at the same rate.
>
> The ECC part ONLY gets invoked if there is a checksum error in a read
> operation.


Maybe too many Vista marbles bouncing around in your head, AL?

http://www.pctechguide.com/14Memory_ECC_memory.htm

ECC has overhead and is a bit slower. Not what you said.

- winf

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