Gigabyte 8INXP Dual Channel DDR?

[danleth]

Sorry guys, Im a total newbie when it comes to motherboards so I hope this question isn't too off-base..!

Im buying a system with a gigabyte GA-8INXP m/b on friday and the specs say something about "dual channel DDR". And Im not sure how to activate it.

To take advantage of this benefit, do I have to buy 2 DDR RAM modules (say, 2 x 128MB modules for 256MB RAM)?

Or will just one 256MB DDR RAM module activate this 'dual channel' system?

Thanks, Dan.

 

[jlanka]

2 are needed for dual channel.

<i>It's always the one thing you never suspected.</i>

 

[danleth]

Thanks jlanka - I appreciate the advice!

Dan.

 

[Civilized]

good motherboard but I would hold off for the sis655 which offers dual ddr333 compared to the ddr266 offerings of the granite bay...and will more than definately top the performance

 

[sabre2]

WHERE THE HECK CAN I GET A DARN BOARD WITH E7205 Chipset that has RAID and DUAL DDR, GIGABIT LAN, and AGP 8X?!?!?! Ive looked, and everyone is out of stock. GA-8INXP is nowhere to be found, MS-6565 from MSI is nowhere to be found, P4G8X has no raid and is nowhere to be found anyways................

WHERE!?

Alain Desjardins