Quick Question about memory and the NF7-S Rev 2

[Ardan]

Hey guys I have a really quick question here. This just popped in my head and I don't have time to search the forums. However, I did not want to forget it . I am currently using Dual Channel w/ the motherboard (people say single and dual aren't much different, yes, but when I got this board I already had identical 256Mb DDR333 so I used it naturally)...if I want to get an additional 256Mb module for 768Mb of memory, will it still use Dual Channel? Like, will it use Dual Channel for the 2x256Mb and Single Channel for the one 256Mb module? I imagine that either way, I won't see much of a decrease in performance no matter what it does, correct?

 

[pelikan]

Dual channel does increase performance by 2-10%. That's very important to me personally.
If you add another 256MB stick it will run in single channel mode.
If you put the same amount of memory in each channel it will run dual channel (i.e. 1 x 512 in one channel and 2 x 256 in the other).

 

[Ardan]

ohhh so what I would have to do is buy a 512Mb stick to still use Dual Channel? Well, thats not bad...I wouldn't mind having 1gb of RAM