Dual Channel for A64 754 and 939 worth it?

[overst33r]

Hey everybody I am wondering if dual channel configuration matters in the a64 lineup?

 

[Nickel020]

The only difference between S939 and S754 is that the S939 has Dual channel while the S754 has only single channel RAM. There is a performance gain but it is smaller than the one that Pentium 4 systems have. Just look at some bechmarks comparing A64 CPUs with the same clockspeed and the same amount of cache.

 

[James3shin]

i read theres about a 5-10% difference according to one of anand's articles.

 

[NightCrawler]

The difference between the single channel Athlon 64 2800 and dual channel Athlon 3800 is about 30%.......you pay a lot for that extra 30% !!!!!!!

 

[effee]

Rubbish, I doubt you'd see a real world performance boost of 30%

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: effee
Rubbish, I doubt you'd see a real world performance boost of 30%

You need to read again what NightCrawler posted......


2800+ vs 3800+ .

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: NightCrawler
The difference between the single channel Athlon 64 2800 and dual channel Athlon 3800 is about 30%.......you pay a lot for that extra 30% !!!!!!!

Hell, you get most of that 30% just by upgrading from the 2800 to the 3400. With the 3400 dropping down to $230 or so this week, it's a bad week to be buying a dual channel(S939) A64.😛