Why Are Some Socket 775 LGA Motherboards Using Single-Channel Memory?

[earnolmartin]

I've noticed that several boards including PCChips' P55G, BIOSTAR's GF7100P-M7S, and Foxconn's M7PMX-S motherboards are all using single-channel memory.

I thought dual-channel memory was the standard? Is there a benefit to using single channel memory with a q6600?

Please, someone let me know, as I don't understand why in 2008 they are using single-channel memory for quad core processors?

 

[VirtualLarry]

because Nvidia is cheap, and only included single-channel support on most of their chipsets. Who knows why, they probably saved on R&D costs. But it definately benchmarks slower.

 

[tcsenter]

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
because Nvidia is cheap, and only included single-channel support on most of their chipsets. Who knows why, they probably saved on R&D costs. But it definately benchmarks slower.

It barely benchmarks slower in actual application benchmarking rather than synthetic memory bandwidth scores.

 

[earnolmartin]

Originally posted by: tcsenter

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
because Nvidia is cheap, and only included single-channel support on most of their chipsets. Who knows why, they probably saved on R&D costs. But it definately benchmarks slower.

It barely benchmarks slower in actual application benchmarking rather than synthetic memory bandwidth scores.

Are you sure? I'm pretty sure that it barely benchmarked slower back in 2005? It's three years later, and aren't they developing for dual-channel support?

Anyway, I bought a motherboard of which I'm trying to sell. Do you think it's worth it for me to sell it and buy another motherboard with dual-channel support?

 

[jjmIII]

Do you think it's worth it for me to sell it and buy another motherboard with dual-channel support?

It's not really that big a deal. What board did you get? Link?

 

[earnolmartin]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813185110