Memory speed greater than 800MHz in 680i board

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I have an older EVGA 122-CK-NF68-T1 motherboard (nvidia 680i) which currently has 4 X CM2X1024-6400C4 Corsair memory in it running at 800MHz. I wanted to put 8GB of G.Skill F2-9600CL5D-4GBPI memory in there runing at 1200MHz but EVGA told me that I'll only be able to achieve 800MHz with four sticks of anything plugged into the RAM banks. Can anyone comfirm who has real-world experience with a yes or no that with four sticks of 1200MHz RAM I'll only be able to run it 800MHz?

Next question: If I upgrade the existing 800MHz RAM (CM2X1024-6400C4) with faster 1200MHz RAM (F2-9600CL5D-4GBPI) will I see a notable (games) difference or is it pretty much pointless for this system.

Third and final question: Running Windows 7 x64 currently with 4GB is fine. If I can only operate 8GB at 800MHz, do you expect to see a difference in speed running with 8GB as opposed to 4GB?

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I have an older EVGA 122-CK-NF68-T1 motherboard (nvidia 680i) which currently has 4 X CM2X1024-6400C4 Corsair memory in it running at 800MHz. I wanted to put 8GB of G.Skill F2-9600CL5D-4GBPI memory in there runing at 1200MHz but EVGA told me that I'll only be able to achieve 800MHz with four sticks of anything plugged into the RAM banks. Can anyone comfirm who has real-world experience with a yes or no that with four sticks of 1200MHz RAM I'll only be able to run it 800MHz? I wasn't able to run 1066MHz memory completely stable in my original AR variant of the eVGA 680i board when all 4 sticks were populated. I was however, able to run 1066MHz with the newer A1 variant that eVGA sent me when I was having issues with a Core 2 Quad. I only have experience at 1066MHz, not 1200MHz.

Next question: If I upgrade the existing 800MHz RAM (CM2X1024-6400C4) with faster 1200MHz RAM (F2-9600CL5D-4GBPI) will I see a notable (games) difference or is it pretty much pointless for this system. Most games today are much more dependent on your graphics card than your CPU or memory speed. The increase from 800MHz to 1200MHz is sometimes noticeable, while other times is not. The same holds true for lower latency DDR2. You'd have to read this whole article to get the gist but this goes into depth regarding latencies and how it affects gaming and other applications: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ddr3-1333-speed-latency-shootout,1754-23.html

Third and final question: Running Windows 7 x64 currently with 4GB is fine. If I can only operate 8GB at 800MHz, do you expect to see a difference in speed running with 8GB as opposed to 4GB? In gaming? No, unless its in Crysis :) Other applications will benefit from additional memory in Win 7 x64. This article sums it up nicely: http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/memory/2008/07/08/is-more-memory-better/5

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well I have an XFX 680i SLI LT board flashed with the EVGA 680i SLI bios and I ran 4 x 2GB OCZ DDR2 1066 all day long...

but I can tell you there are much better boards out there for cheap... esp if you are running a quad core of 45mm dual...
 
Thanks for the links on the info I am looking for.

This is an old board and at it's end of life. I'm just trying to squeeze every little last bit out of it for the kids before I send it to the great beyond...

Thanks again for the assistance.
 
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