Memory on ASUS P4P800 Deluxe

[SunCake]

Need some advices from you guys

Right now, im using P4P800 Deluxe with

2 Samsung 256MB PC-3200 DDR400 (total 512), and im thinking

to get more Memory, probably will be 1GB, should i get 2

more 256 pc-3200 DDR400 ( means 4 256MB,) or just get

2 512 MB PC-3200 DDR400?

which setup will run faster? or they are same?

And what brand will you guys recommend?

PS: I dont know why, after upgarde my computer, i got the IE error while i viewing the website, right now im using WinME.

thax for replying!

 

[pIII_Man]

i would recomend a windows nt based operatins system for using more than 512mb of memory...

The performance will be identical between the 4x 256 and 2x 512

3 386DX-25's...12 volts...glue and some ln2 and a wicked amount of overclocking and you get a willamantee minus 36 pins, 33.75 million transistors and a couple hundred mhz...

 

[SunCake]

thax man, i guess i have to get rid of using WinMe,

so it means, even 4x 256 or 2x512, the performance are the same?

 

[pIII_Man]

yup...same perormance...

3 386DX-25's...12 volts...glue and some ln2 and a wicked amount of overclocking and you get a willamantee minus 36 pins, 33.75 million transistors and a couple hundred mhz...

 

[Crashman]

Anandtech had the same question, so they tested it. Their board provided the best performance with 4 double-sided modules, second best with 4 single-sided modules, third best with 2 double-sided modules, and fourth best with 2 single sided modules.

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[pIII_Man]

i doubt the increase is noticable in anything but benchmarks...i beleive the performance has something to do with the fact that more modules can interprit more requests at the same time...just a guess but i think this is the case on most mobos...more memory chips yeilds slightly higher performance...

3 386DX-25's...12 volts...glue and some ln2 and a wicked amount of overclocking and you get a willamantee minus 36 pins, 33.75 million transistors and a couple hundred mhz...

 

[ChipDeath]

But certain mem timings (can't remember exactly which) can be set lower if you have fewer physical modules... so with tweaking, <i>fewer</i> modules might actually perform slightly better....

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[Crashman]

Anandtech's test showed that the 875 chipset in particular prefers to have more banks occupied. Their best performer was 4 double sided modules at Cas 2.5, beating out 2 double sided modules at Cas 2.

I've never seen anything like that before.

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