compuser101
Junior Member
Hi all,
Probably a newbie question but here it is:
I have 2 sticks of 512mb DDR 3200 of the same make/model, and 2 sticks of 256mb DDR 2100 of the same make/model. Now I've heard that dual channel is faster performance-wise, so I will put one 512mb on the first socket, and the other 512mb on the third socket.
But i'm not sure if dual channel has a bottle-neck problem, say, between socket 1 and 2, or 3 and 4. In another word, if i install 256mb on socket 2 and 4, will it make my motherboard slower because PC2100 is the bottleneck of PC3200, or do socket 1/3 and 2/4 operate independently from each other?
Second part of my question is: do i need to change anything in BIOS for dual channel to take effect, or it only depends on physical set-up?
Thank you all very much!
Probably a newbie question but here it is:
I have 2 sticks of 512mb DDR 3200 of the same make/model, and 2 sticks of 256mb DDR 2100 of the same make/model. Now I've heard that dual channel is faster performance-wise, so I will put one 512mb on the first socket, and the other 512mb on the third socket.
But i'm not sure if dual channel has a bottle-neck problem, say, between socket 1 and 2, or 3 and 4. In another word, if i install 256mb on socket 2 and 4, will it make my motherboard slower because PC2100 is the bottleneck of PC3200, or do socket 1/3 and 2/4 operate independently from each other?
Second part of my question is: do i need to change anything in BIOS for dual channel to take effect, or it only depends on physical set-up?
Thank you all very much!
