Asus' Vanilla A7N8X-X differs in dual channel RAM also, correct?

[imported_Kiwi]

The way that the BIOS on this MB refers to the Dual-Channel setup, seems to say that there might have been a way to get Dual Channel after all. The slots were all the same color, so I decided that where the two sticks went into it didn't make any difference. Maybe Asus just left that line in the Setup as a leftover from the better-equipped A7N8X's, to sneer at any penny-pinchers for getting the non-Deluxe version.

 

[WobbleWobble]

I wouldn't worry about it. Dual channel gains on AXP systems are very minimal. The A7N8X-X also uses a slightly modified nVidia chip which is the main reason why dual channel isn't supported. Lazy manual writers? Eh, probably

 

[imported_Kiwi]

Originally posted by: WobbleWobble
I wouldn't worry about it. Dual channel gains on AXP systems are very minimal. (...) Lazy manual writers? Eh, probably

Ever since returning to the DIY fold, and collecting data about the second-line area I tend to work in (and so save against the high costs of the bleeding edge), I've been seeing that 2% to 5% gains of dual channel for NF2 as being minimal -- yesterday, I was doing some research on the Epox 8RDA that I'm putting into a system for a Grand-kid of mine, when I backtracked to some old articles here on AT.

According to the second of three that I read through, there were some areas in which the NF2 chipset got 25-30% bonuses from dual channel compared to single. The particular processes don't happen to involve any use I personally have for a PC, so I don't get to benefit from more than the well-publicized small improvements, but on my HTPC machine, which is also NF2 (Gigbyte MB), I have dual channel active, because what the heck, a 4% gain is better than no gain at all.


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