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dual channel ram

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dsj

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How much faster is it than single channel? My motherboard says that my ram is different so it only can operate in single channel. How much performance did I lose? By performance I mean real performance, not the theoretical capabilities of duel channel.
 
"It depends."

Look up the Motherboard articles on AT for your chipset / CPU and see if they show single-vs-dual performance.
 
3-5%, I wish I can find a post once that went into details and tests, some applications went up to 10% gain in dual channel...but mostly its very minimal.
 
If you're running an Intel Pentium 4, P4-EE, P-D, P-EE; then it's probably something like a 40-80% difference since Intel's current CPU's are highly dependant upon memory bandwidth.
 
I'm using a 3200+ venice. So I didn't lose that much performance right? I will change the ram the next year but I'm just wondering if it's urgent.
 
If you plan on are overclocking then you may be better off not running dual-channel. Dual-channel is very timing critical.
 
I don't overclock at all. I think I'm going to replace the ram and get a new 2gig one next year. Will be cheap by then.
 
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