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Advantages of dual channel RAM?

The speed difference was noticable for me. YOu essentially get double the bandwidth. IF you use apps that are not memory intensive you will not likely see the difference. IF you are a gamer, or do other power user activities, then dual channel may be a benefit to you. The timings on those sticks you linked to look the same If it were me I'd just get two 1 gig sticks 🙂
as for your question is 6 dollars worth it for dual channel.... in this case I'd say yes. as long as your mobo supports it.
 
How about on an AthlonXP system. I have 1GB running in dual channel with an o/c'd 3000+ but I have a spare 512MB stick around somewhere. I heard dual channel didn't have much effect with an XP system, do you think I would see more benefit from the extra 512MB or leave the 1GB in dual channel. I game alot so with certain games having the extra memory would be beneficial.
 
Originally posted by: Mogadon
How about on an AthlonXP system. I have 1GB running in dual channel with an o/c'd 3000+ but I have a spare 512MB stick around somewhere. I heard dual channel didn't have much effect with an XP system, do you think I would see more benefit from the extra 512MB or leave the 1GB in dual channel. I game alot so with certain games having the extra memory would be beneficial.
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I am in the same situation, and I went with the extra 512MB of RAM, I can now play BF2 at higher settings without swapping. I never did any benchmarks with my DC config, but there was no difference in everyday performance from losing DC. I always assumed that XPs had such low memory bandwidth that they didn't really dual channel RAM.
 
Originally posted by: Captain_Howdy


I am in the same situation, and I went with the extra 512MB of RAM, I can now play BF2 at higher settings without swapping. I never did any benchmarks with my DC config, but there was no difference in everyday performance from losing DC. I always assumed that XPs had such low memory bandwidth that they didn't really dual channel RAM.
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haha Yeah Dual channel sure isn't going to do you any good when you're hitting the hard drive thats for sure.
 
Thats what i figured. I found the stick i thought i had, unfortunately it's DDR333 as opposed to the DDR400 I have in there now, that's why i didn't put it in before. You think i'd be sacrificing that much if I stuck it in. I mainly play planetside and BF2, which both use alot of memory, what do y'all think?
 
I don't mix n match ddr sticks. The one time I did, it resulted in corrupted system files and the loss of a ton of un backed up data. I"ve heard that it can be done, and it should clock down to teh slowest setting but for me and my house it just isn't done.
If your A-XP has a 333 bus anyways you shouldn't see much difference.
 
It's got a 400MHz bus, oc'd to 410. I guess if i put the DDR333 in i could up the FSB but my CPU won't boot above 419MHz and i could never get it stable above 412MHZ so (The RAM wasn't an issue as i was running a divider to check my CPU's max FSB.
 
I thought about getting a single 1 gb stick now and another later of the same brand. Would I be able to run it in dual channel?
 
Not just same brand but same part number = yes (but see below)
same brand and with same chips but different part number answer is= most likley
if timing is different use lowest
same brand but different technology might as well be different brand not for me
then you would be better off with different brands with same chips/ technology both TCCD or BH5 etc set to lowest common timing

or sell one and get a same part number pair
oops- sometimes technology changes but part number remains the same
WAS TCCD now ??? in some brands- this is unethical but common
If you buy sticks at different times get out your magnifing glass and check
oops- heat spreaders
better e-mail tech support

wyrmrider

as to your question- I'd check and see how long your vendor plans on keeping that 1gb stick in it's product line
but if I only had $100 NOW it's what I'd do
if I was going to get the next 1gb within a few paychecks
check out the 1 gb reviews
 
AthlonXP won't get much benefit from dual channel because the system bus is only 64 bits wide and not much (if at all) higher clock speed than the RAM.
 
The benefit of dual-channel over single-channel mode with Athlon 64s can be anything from negligable to 10%.
The Athlon XP didn't really benefit from dual-channel memory, because as others have correctly stated or inferred, its bus wasn't fast enough (or wide enough) to carry the bandwidth of two 64-bit memory modules working in dual-channel mode. An XP 3200+ on a 400MHz bus could only make use of the bandwidth of one PC3200 module, since it was, like with socket 754 Athlon 64s, only 64-bit wide.
 
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