Will are these two modules of RAM compatible?

[Omizzle]

Is this
http://www.bytewizecomputers.com/products/7/10/382/7544
compatible with this
http://www.bytewizecomputers.com/products/7/10/382/5473

I have the 1 gig 2x512 kit above. I'm interested in getting another gig of RAM, so will that 1 gig stick work? (I mean, one won't slow the other down?)

I don't know much about RAM, so a lot of those numbers are rubbish to me. Can AT come to the rescue?

 

[Omizzle]

help?

 

[BOLt]

bump

Help him out, guys! I have to eat dinner. I'll try and respond once I come back.

 

[Beef Taco]

It will be fine.

 

[Omizzle]

Alright, thanks!

 

[stevty2889]

They should work fine..but don't know what CPU you have..if you are running a P4, not running dual channel will kill performance. Not as big a deal with A64's.

 

[Omizzle]

Alright, I'm using an Athlon 64 3200+

Will it affect performance much?

 

[Omizzle]

Any idea?

 

[mike3uz]

I run single channel and the performance is great.

 

[BOLt]

Originally posted by: stevty2889
They should work fine..but don't know what CPU you have..if you are running a P4, not running dual channel will kill performance. Not as big a deal with A64's.

It's the other way around, buddy. A64s see a huge benefit with system memory in dual-channel, whereas the Pentiums are far less affected.

Also, Omizzle, make sure that you run your RAM at the 1T command rate. If you don't know about RAM command rates or where to find/change them, say so on this thread or make a post in the General Hardware forum. You might even try the Search function there if you're feeling tactful, lol.

 

[stevty2889]

Originally posted by: BOLt

Originally posted by: stevty2889
They should work fine..but don't know what CPU you have..if you are running a P4, not running dual channel will kill performance. Not as big a deal with A64's.

It's the other way around, buddy. A64s see a huge benefit with system memory in dual-channel, whereas the Pentiums are far less affected.

No, you have it backwards. Have you tried running a P4 with single channel vs. dual channel? It makes a HUGE differance. P4's are bandwidth starved, A64's are not. The onboard mem conrtoller and hypertransport greatly reduces memory latency, and dual channel vs. single channel with A64's usualy only makes a 5% differance where as it can be around 15-20% with P4's. A64's are far more efficiant. Thats why using a divider with an A64 doesn't kill performance, while if you don't run 1:1 with a P4 it does hurt performance..