I recently read a preview of upcoming integrated chipsets (Nvidia? I can't remeber), and one of the new features mentioned was dual channel PC133 SDRAM. The idea was that by installing dual channel SDRAM, you could double the bandwitdth of the memory, which would boost video performance since the memory is shared. The authgor noted that this was generally a difficult maneuver because implementing dual channel SDRAM requires twice the number of memory traces on a motherboard, which is tough. However, it must be possible.
This raises the question of doing the same for DDR, at some point. Sure, you'd have to install them in pairs (just like SIMMs and RDRAM) but it would definately doble the memory bus width. I have a feeling that once software written for the P4 bewgins to become mainstream, the 400MHz memory bus will show its true strength. Im any case, does anyone know how hard or costly it would really be to run dual channel DDR traces on a motherboard? I would certainly pay an extra $20-$30 or more for a board that offered twice the memory bandwdith.
-Aaron
This raises the question of doing the same for DDR, at some point. Sure, you'd have to install them in pairs (just like SIMMs and RDRAM) but it would definately doble the memory bus width. I have a feeling that once software written for the P4 bewgins to become mainstream, the 400MHz memory bus will show its true strength. Im any case, does anyone know how hard or costly it would really be to run dual channel DDR traces on a motherboard? I would certainly pay an extra $20-$30 or more for a board that offered twice the memory bandwdith.
-Aaron
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