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| Thread ID: 49679 | 2004-09-27 06:37:00 | Duel Channel Memory | ApeNz (4220) | Press F1 |
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| 276057 | 2004-09-27 06:37:00 | Ahh Another thing i have very liitle knowledge about - except that my mobo supports it. Would someone please tell me so that i can sleep in peace | ApeNz (4220) | ||
| 276058 | 2004-09-27 06:41:00 | Do a search in Google or Yahoo for Dual channel memory. There will be a lot of hits on it. | Spacemannz (808) | ||
| 276059 | 2004-09-27 07:26:00 | The RAM will have to go in the correct slots on the motherboard. Very often these are colour coded. If it was me I would use two RAM sticks of identical make and size and speed. This to ensure that the DDR (Dual Data Rate) kicks in. It is unlikely that you will notice any difference in actual computer speed. Well it didn't happen here anyway. I can open more applications at once with 1024 Meg RAM than what I could do with 512 Meg. If you are only looking at games then you would be better off staying with 512 Meg RAM and upgrade your video card instead. On the other hand applications like Photoshop will use all the RAM you can throw at it and still would like a scratch disk. |
Elephant (599) | ||
| 276060 | 2004-09-27 08:42:00 | >>If you are only looking at games then you would be better off staying with 512 Meg RAM and upgrade your video card instead. hello, im a heavy gamer, (doom 3, farcry) i have: Athlon XP 2500+ 512mb DDR 333 ram geforce 5200 40GB hardrive 7200 rpm im considering an upgrade, (new gpu, psu, double the ram, fans) is it better to buy the faster ram than my current DDR333 (e.g DDR 400) or to keep the ram modules the same? You say 512mb is enough ram for games, would an extra 512mb give a decent performance gain? i know most new games require 1GB ram to run good so i wasn't sure about what you said of course, i do need 2 upgrade my video card 1st :P go the budget gf! |
Nighthawk (5846) | ||
| 276061 | 2004-09-27 09:31:00 | Ele, Do you use a scanner, you will find an improvment there also I believe. D. |
drb1 (4492) | ||
| 276062 | 2004-09-27 09:41:00 | Doom III recommands 1 gig of ram so for a gamer playing recent games like Doom III and half Life 2 1 gig is good. Yet in some cases a graphics card upgrade can do better - 512 ram is still ok today but in the next few months that will change | ApeNz (4220) | ||
| 276063 | 2004-09-27 09:43:00 | 512 more ram will give a good preformance gain for games - especilly newer ones | ApeNz (4220) | ||
| 276064 | 2004-09-27 09:44:00 | If you get different speeds of ram i dont think u will be able to go duel channel but other then that i think u would be fine | ApeNz (4220) | ||
| 276065 | 2004-09-27 09:45:00 | > It is unlikely that you will notice any difference in > actual computer speed. > Well it didn't happen here anyway. I can open more > applications at once with 1024 Meg RAM than what I > could do with 512 Meg. What it does is increase memory bandwidth by nearly double. If you did not notice any difference then it is probably not working properly. I noticed a huge difference while playing around with mine trying to get it to work nicely. In the end I had to run the memory speed at a slightly slower rate but that was more than made up by the memory bandwidth. As all programs use RAM then everything will benifet from it. Try running a memory program with it set as normal RAM and then as dual channel and you will see the extra speed it generates. |
Big John (551) | ||
| 276066 | 2004-09-27 09:49:00 | Do you set it to it in the bios or does it do it auto | ApeNz (4220) | ||
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