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07-29-2008
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| Vista Home Premium x64 SP1 | 2 GB dual channel vs 3 GB single channel I bought a 1 GB stick of RAM for my comp today, but I made the rookie mistake of not realizing that having an odd number of sticks of RAM in my comp (3x1GB) would make me lose the dual channel. So my question is, do I lose performance by not having the dual channel? Would I actually gain some by having additional memory? Or is it really a crapshoot with no real gain or loss of performance either way? Thanks. |
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07-29-2008
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| Vista x64 Ultimate | Re: 2 GB dual channel vs 3 GB single channel dual channel will 2x your RAM performance. |
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07-29-2008
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| | Re: 2 GB dual channel vs 3 GB single channel You'll see a net performance gain by having the additional Gig of RAM even if it is running at a slower speed. -- "FrozenEclipse" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message news:4537b6b318f90a44c65791b864bdd863@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote: > > I bought a 1 GB stick of RAM for my comp today, but I made the rookie > mistake of not realizing that having an odd number of sticks of RAM in > my comp (3x1GB) would make me lose the dual channel. So my question is, > do I lose performance by not having the dual channel? Would I actually > gain some by having additional memory? Or is it really a crapshoot with > no real gain or loss of performance either way? Thanks. > > > -- > FrozenEclipse |
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