Dual Channel vs Quad Channel

[ro3ruaayw]

Helwo

I plan on doing a machine with lots of ram. So will it be worth it to skip sandy-bridge, so that I can get the quad channel support?

Will it be significantly faster?

And will it be 8 slots or still only 6 slots like on the current x58


Thanx

 

[IGemini]

Hi.

I plan on doing a machine with lots of ram. So will it be worth it to skip sandy-bridge, so that I can get the quad channel support?

This really depends on what you're doing with said system.

Will it be significantly faster?

Yes, but not just for the reason of having four memory channels. Sandy Bridge CPUs that support quad-channel will be coming out in a new socket that support 8-core CPUs.

And will it be 8 slots or still only 6 slots like on the current x58

It will need to either be 4 or 8 slots. They use 6 slots on X58 because it's triple-channel. 6 slots on a quad-channel board makes no sense.

 

[ro3ruaayw]

Hi.



This really depends on what you're doing with said system.

Yes, but not just for the reason of having four memory channels. Ivy Bridge CPUs that support quad-channel will be coming out in a new socket that support 8-core CPUs.

It will need to either be 4 or 8 slots. They use 6 slots on X58 because it's triple-channel. 6 slots on a quad-channel board makes no sense.

Helwo

Ok, I will be making an adobe machine essentially.

So you're saying,

quad channel is not faster than dual channel

and it "will" probably be 8 slots? or 4 slots?

 

[-Slacker-]

As far as I know, 4 sticks of ram will hinder your cpu's overclockability.

 

[mnewsham]

Helwo

Ok, I will be making an adobe machine essentially.

So you're saying,

quad channel is not faster than dual channel

and it "will" probably be 8 slots? or 4 slots?

It will be faster but it depends on the program, and it can be 8 slot OR 4 slot.

 

[aigomorla]

its not even a 4 way interlink if your thinking that.

There is no quad channel. Your thinking 2 dual channel which is still dual channel.
"Dual-channel-enabled memory controllers utilize two data channels."

The highest is tri channel, and the p67 systems went back to dual.
Well they stayed on dual is a better statement.

 

[mnewsham]

its not even a 4 way interlink if your thinking that.

There is no quad channel. Your thinking 2 dual channel which is still dual channel.
"Dual-channel-enabled memory controllers utilize two data channels."

The highest is tri channel, and the p67 systems went back to dual.
Well they stayed on dual is a better statement.

I think he was referring to socket 2011 which is said to be quad channel

 

[dorion]

It will need to either be 4 or 8 slots. They use 6 slots on X58 because it's triple-channel. 6 slots on a quad-channel board makes no sense.

Neither does 4 slots on a tri-channel board. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813121361

Also if you are all about quad-channel you can get it right now on top end AMD G34 and Intel LGA1567 platforms... if you have the cash.

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

It will need to either be 4 or 8 slots. They use 6 slots on X58 because it's triple-channel. 6 slots on a quad-channel board makes no sense.

4 slots on a triple-channel board makes no sense either:

http://www.guru3d.com/article/intel-x58-extreme-dx58so-motherboard-review/1\

EDIT: Damn. Someone else got there first.

 

[Ajay]

Helwo

Ok, I will be making an adobe machine essentially.

So you're saying,

quad channel is not faster than dual channel

and it "will" probably be 8 slots? or 4 slots?

Well, Adobe CS may have a large memory footprint, but generally speaking it's not a real bandwidth intensive app, AFAIK.

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The best thing for desktop users with quad channel ram is we can go with real low latency DDR3 and still have plenty of bandwidth (without needing > 1600MHz clocks).

 

[Patrick Wolf]

Neither does 4 slots on a tri-channel board. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813121361

Maybe you know this, but that board does support triple channel.

Page 38
http://downloadmirror.intel.com/18128/eng/DX58SO_ProductGuide02_English.pdf

Quad channel would be 4 slots; channels A, B, C, D.