So I have a problem with my Setup, I originally bought 2GB of 800mhz ram but the guy from the store (i have to buy store cuz my dad doesn't like importing... his money his decision) just putted 1GB, and my dad already paid for it, now I have a decision to make, either buy another 1GB stick 800mhz so it can run on dual channel or buy a 2GB stick for a total of 3gb (will be using 32bits), will loosing dual channel be that much of a problem performance wise? so... what should i do? :cry: I know I know, ram is cheap right? I would've bought 4 GB if I knew the difference was that little in the store I bought the pc, but I didn't notice till now and they won't change it, it doesn't matter though since I won't be using 64 bits but I don't know if getting the 2gb dual channel or 3gb single channel, thanks for your replies! :D
Yeah I'll keep my eye on this. I'm not to sure myself. But it seems from everything I read that the more the merrier. But I have'nt tried either, so I couldn't tell you.
I would go with 2 x 1 GB RAM to be sure that Dual Channel is working. Losing that will impact performance, and frankly, 2GB is good enough for most uses - especially if you are running XP.
I would go with 2 x 1 GB RAM to be sure that Dual Channel is working. Losing that will impact performance, and frankly, 2GB is good enough for most uses - especially if you are running XP.
But perhaps I misunderstood your question...
belboz
I'm going to run vista, but 32 bits, and I need to know either getting 2gbx1 + 1gbx1 or 2x1GB (Dual channel), but I'm wondering what's better dual channel or 3GB
Memory bandwidth is a huge bottelneck for a fast CPU. That is why dual channel was invented :D
So by my book, 2 x 1GB (and thereby paired RAM) will be much better than having 3GB (1+2) - but check your motherboard manual to see if that configuration is supported.
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