What speed is my RAM?
 

here is a snapshot of cpuz showing my memory settings / speeds :

http://www.tvpast.org/forum/picture....&pictureid=455

as you can see, cpuz shows the DRAM speed as 400 MHz.

i installed DDR RAM running at 800 MHz.

so, does the 400 MHz shown in cpuz the correct value?
or should this have a value of 800 MHz?

the motherboard i'm using is Asus M3A78-EM.
the bus speed is 200 MHz.

the multiplier is 13.5.
and so my amd cpu is running at 2.7 GHz.

as far as i can tell, my cpu is running at the correct speed.

but the RAM...?

anyone here got any idea?
any software tool i can use to check the memory speed?

Click on SPD.

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The Slot shows you each stick, one by one.
This laptop I'm using, for example, has two 1GB PC2700 DDR sticks.

To answer your question, it shows you have a 2:1 ratio of RAM to FSB, so I think it's all running correctly.
PM the CPS member "doramius", he's somebody I'd go to for this topic.

Since I wasn't 100% sure of my answer, I asked for some backup (redwudz@videohelp).
This was the reply I got:

Hope that helps. :)

ah gotcha.
that wiki page was very helpful.

i asked the question because i increased my ram size from 2 GB to 3 GB and it "felt" slower.

no i cannot qualify this with any hard facts, like benchmarks.
just a feeling.

anyway, all is well.
my pc is NOT misbehaving or running any application slower than previously.

so thank you and pass on my thanks to redwudz.

case closed