Dual Channel on AMD systems...

[Caviman2201]

Is it worth it to pay the extra money to get a motherboard with Dual Channel capabilities? I mean, what are the gains with Dual Channel... does anyone have any benchmarks before/after... I have no idea how this works or what it does so pls, help me out here...

[Caviman2201]

anyone?

[DeepSky]

well...

single channel @ default speed (ocz pc2700) was about 850mb/s
dual channel @ default speed (ocz pc2700) was about 1150mb/s

^^^so said Memtest^^^

[Top Hat Theater]

The benefits are really only seen in benchmarks. Real world application i.e. FPS won't see much.

~THT

[#18]

The difference isn't that big for an AMD system. It's not worth to just get a new motherboard for dual channel if you aren't planning to get a new CPU and anything else. If you are upgrading more stuff, then it may worth to get the dual channel support motherboard at the same time.