How much better is it to use 2 sticks of ram on the Nforce 2 chipset?

[milldakill]

I know that the nforce2 chip set has some special option to use 2 sticks of ram better than just using one (or at least i think that i know that). If this is true, how much faster is it to use 2 small sticks rather than just one big stick?

 

[aSnipingPenguin]

It's something like 5-10% performance increase if you're not using nForce2 integrated video. If you are, the benefits are much more substantial (50%-ish?).

 

[Jeff7181]

If I remember correctly from when I actually tested it... it made about a 5% different in Soldier of Fortune 2... which is based on the Quake 3 engine.

 

[Macro2]

It really depends on what apps you are running. Some will show an increase w/dual, some won't.

Soltek has a single channel nforce2 board that whups the Asus a7n8x-deluxe w/dual channel installed in about 90% of the benchmarks.

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[madthumbs]

Originally posted by: aSnipingPenguin
It's something like 5-10% performance increase if you're not using nForce2 integrated video. If you are, the benefits are much more substantial (50%-ish?).

-This is entirely for memmory benchmarks isn't it?

 

[Budmantom]

Originally posted by: Macro2
It really depends on what apps you are running. Some will show an increase w/dual, some won't.

Soltek has a single channel nforce2 board that whups the Asus a7n8x-deluxe w/dual channel installed in about 90% of the benchmarks.

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Under $70 wow.