Using 4x512mb in an ASUS A8N-Sli...?

[crazylegs]

I have no immediate plans for this but was wondering about possible future upgrades?

At the moment my system is performing fine and may b I would be better off upgrading CPU... but... if i were to go for 4x512 (to keep it cheap and simple!!!) instead of selling my 2x512 and going for 2x1gig...what would the perfomance difference be between 4x512 and 2x1???

Thank

 

[grooge]

some difference when benchmarking, but not really noticeable for everyday use. But big difference if you are doing CAD or 3D [or any apps that have to deal with a large amount of data) because the RAM will make the apps not having to rely on virtual memory and this will speed up rendering or drawing.

 

[papaHesch]

crazylegs,

Having two gigs either way will make a difference especially in photo editing, video editing, cad, and some games (Battlefield2) vs. one gig. The only difference with using 4 sticks vs. 2 on an amd cpu is that you might have some problems hitting 1T in your memory timings if you are using low latency memory. I had this problem with my a8n-sli premium board which is almost the same as yours. For some reason with 4 sticks, the on CPU memory controller with amd's has a problem with hitting 1T and this will make a performance difference across the board on all apps. Not huge but it will be there. If you have the money and use low latency memory get 2 1GB sticks. Plus you will have some room to grow.

Papah