Daul channel and 2g

[ViciouS]

Will 4 sticks be slower or affect Hyper Transport? I just ordered another 1g Kit so now i have 512, 512, 512, 512...

 

[BadThad]

From what I've read, the only downfall is AMD systems will default to 2T with 4 modules. However, if you have value ram anyway, it's prob already running at 2T...enjoy the extra ram I say!

 

[ViciouS]

2t? im using PC3200 Kingston HyperX

 

[Atheus]

I don't think dual channel will work with 4 sticks, but I'm not sure the A64s have dual channel...

2T is a memory timing setting, lower is better so you want to be running 1T, which your Kingstin sticks can probably handle fine.

 

[BadThad]

It's won't run at 1T with 4 modules. Someone posted a link to the developer info on AMD's website showing a table with specs for the memory controller, forget where I saw it, and, as I recall, the controller will default to 2T with four modules installed.....correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[imported_hopeless]

I think I read that there are some AMD processors that can do 4 sticks at 1T. It just depends on which core you have.

 

[stevty2889]

With 4 sticks of ram, Winchester or older core will run at 333mhz 2T timings. Venice, San Diego, Manchester, Toledo, and opterons, will run 4 sticks at 400mhz 2T timings. 4 sticks will work fine in dual channel(assuming it's socket 939, since 754 is single channel). 2T timings give around a 3-5% performance hit in most cases, so not really that big a deal.

 

[ViciouS]

Im running a AMD 3200+ 939 I guess 2t is the only option.. But will i run BF2 better? can anyone point me to a good website that will show me how to overclock my ram?