1.28GB Single Channle or 1GB Dual Channel

yazz88 · 05-25-04, 03:59 PM

This would be for an nfroce2 mobo. Its scary how games like far cry are already recommending 1gb of mem. Will not using dual channel kill bandwith alot? ive always wondered about this.

Gautam · 05-25-04, 04:09 PM

I'd probably opt for the DC myself; it will give you an equivalent to about 5-10MHz of a higher overclock. More memory is always great for the demanding games, but I doubt there'd be much of a difference between 1.2 gigs and 1 gig.

Aphex_Tom_9 · 05-25-04, 04:19 PM

1g dual channel. 1g is easily enough for you, plus dual channel is faster.

Tebore · 05-25-04, 09:20 PM

I don't know about others, but when I multitask on my system I feel that it's more responsive with dual channel than in single channel. I bet even if the CPU can't really use the extra overhead the chipset puts it to good use like for the LAN controller or IDE controllers.

05-25-04, 03:59 PM	Thread Starter #1
yazz88 Member Join Date: May 2004	1.28GB Single Channle or 1GB Dual Channel This would be for an nfroce2 mobo. Its scary how games like far cry are already recommending 1gb of mem. Will not using dual channel kill bandwith alot? ive always wondered about this.
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05-25-04, 04:09 PM	#2
Gautam Senior Benchmark Addict Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Hillsboro, OR	I'd probably opt for the DC myself; it will give you an equivalent to about 5-10MHz of a higher overclock. More memory is always great for the demanding games, but I doubt there'd be much of a difference between 1.2 gigs and 1 gig. __________________ El<(')>Maxi: I still have your board...and I'm afraid I lost your address so I can't send it back...and my pm box is broken...and I can't remember where the PO is anyway
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05-25-04, 04:19 PM	#3
Aphex_Tom_9 Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: NY (Long Island)	1g dual channel. 1g is easily enough for you, plus dual channel is faster. __________________ MONOLITH - Xeon W3540 (testing) - Rampage 2 Extreme - 12 GB G.Skill Ripjaws 1600 - GTX 570 - 120 GB OCZ Vertex - Antec TruePower New 750W - Corsair 700D - Apogee XT - XSPC 360 Hack1nt0sh - Core2Duo E4600 (11x335 : 3685) - 4 GB G.Skill (894) - HD 3850 (810/2120)- Asus P5W DH - OSX86 10.5.1 / Win 7 MacBook Pro - i7 2.66 - 4 GB - GT 330M - OSX 10.6.4 Opty 148 3504mhz Core2Duo 3917mhz
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05-25-04, 09:20 PM	#4
Tebore Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Toronto,Canada(I can see you....)	I don't know about others, but when I multitask on my system I feel that it's more responsive with dual channel than in single channel. I bet even if the CPU can't really use the extra overhead the chipset puts it to good use like for the LAN controller or IDE controllers. __________________ UMPC: Asus EEE 701(4G) Laptops: Lenovo T60p Servers: IBM XServ Heatware
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