SLI specific memory really worth it?

its a marketing ploy.. next you'll be seeing SLI ready HDD's.yoyo462001

I wouldn't exactly say that, I've actually done some hw and looked up some stuff about these. Pretty much what I've gotten is that this memory can be auto-oc'ed by the mobo instead of manually doing it when combined with the 680i boards since it has the extra info it's sending to the mobo.

yeah its OC ram but what does it have to do with SLI thats what im getting at, if you used another ram with same specs you would see absoultely no difference in SLI so really how does it become SLI ready.yoyo462001

It means that the extra features are designed to work with SLI boards. If you put this memory in a non-SLI board you would not get the auto-overclocking features. It actually comes at a faster timing and a little bit cheaper than the ones I have now.

"OCZ PC2-6400 SLI-Ready memory modules are programmed to boot at 800MHz DDR2 with supremely fast timings of 4-4-4 1T. Only motherboards equipped with the custom-designed BIOS, such as those designed for NVIDIA nForce SLI MCPs, can detect the optimized SPD profiles and ensure the memory functions under the best possible conditions. The exclusive OCZ SPD specifications take out the guesswork and provide enthusiasts and gamers with significant overclocked performance with no manual adjustment or compatibility issues."

I don't know if I'm answering my own question or what but basically what I want to know is is it worth going through the returns and crap to get this memory. The SLI mem is actually a little bit cheaper with rebates on newegg. Although I've never OC'ed before but have done a bunch of reading on it (and it seems like it takes forever, boot, change, reboot, check, change, boot, etc. etc.) it would be nice for this to be done for me.

Also, I don't know the OC capabilities for the SLI ones either (how far they can be pushed). From what I read on newegg about the g skill mem I have it can only be pushed a little bit. I'm just looking for someone that knows more about this stuff that could give me a better explanation.

come to think of it i might do this too.

i want to upgrade my cheapo patriot ddr667 memory on my asus p5nsli board, havent thought of sli ready memory, but maybe its good. ive never overclocked memory before, so maybe this is the best option

It may auto-overclock on those boards, but who cares. Manual overclocking is usually better and safer as far as I know, but I see what you are getting at. as for returning, you will be paying for shipping etc...

why don't you look up the OCZ ram and see how well it suposedly overclocks. It won't overclock better on an SLI board, it will just do it automatically, and overclocking is so easy anyways. Its true tho that your Gskill probably won't go very far.