memory question

[twitchee2]

as stated above pc-3200

 

[wakawaka]

I've seen it said on this forum before that the 2*1 gig would be better.

Less connections having to be run through or something. Someone technical will come in here sooner or later to tell you the long winded version

 

[twitchee2]

haha thanks btw a8n-sli board

 

[frogger9]

Performance wise it really won't make any difference. That said, 2*1gig leaves the extra slots open to add additional memory in the future, whereas with 4*512 you will probably be full. If it's worth the extra cost for the larger modules is up to you.

 

[twitchee2]

so the only real diff is the price and how many slots you use

 

[Duvie]

Did you go reserach users of that board?? It may take a lot more vdimm, relaxed timinsg and speeds to work....ONly trust those who have tested it on there same board....

Like I said on my MSI Nforce 3 ultra board it reverts you memory to lower speed when using 4 dimms...I dont know if there is a work around it....

 

[ohnnyj]

There is also the issue with the CPU clocking the memory down when you have all the slots full. This is not a problem with the system per se, just a limitation of the onboard memory controller on the current revision of Athlon64/FXs. Supposedly the newer revisions due out in about a month or two will fix this issue. So for now have all the memory slots filled will clock your DDR400+ to DDR333 speeds. Although, I have heard that with some memory modules you can clock them back up to DDR400 speeds later on in the BIOS.

The info is available from ASUS here.

 

[twitchee2]

ok thanks so for now they will run slower but i cant be fixed with bio later. thanks that what i needed to know.