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More info?)
I guess the machines are so fast now that 'dual use' of portions of a given
system is not now a concern (ie, the win modems of some time back).
Fast processors and 500 megs to a gig of memory to run word processing, net
access and several smaller programs simultaneously will probably serve my
need well. I have very little 'game' activity needing high speed and large
amounts of memory for high quality video.
Thanks for the response.
Dean
ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers) wrote in message
<4193de38.28204709@news.charter.net>...
>Depends on the context of the discussion.
>
>To me, 'Shared DDR2 SDRAM' implies that the memory is shared between the
>graphics subsystem and main computer memory where the programs are loaded
and
>the work gets done. In this sort of system, the graphics subsystem
actually
>takes away (and subtracts from the amount of available) memory it needs
from the
>total in the system.
>
>The phrase 'Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM' may have a redundancy between "Dual
>Channel" and DDR2. Or it may imply another specific memory addressing
scheme in
>which memory accesses occur simulataneously from two different banks of
memory,
>one channel allocated to each... Ben Myers
>
>On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 21:40:21 GMT, "Dean" <w4ihk@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>>I'm seeing memory discussed with two descriptions. 'Shared DDR2 SDRAM'
and
>>'Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM'. Is there any difference between them? If so,
>>how is each used and/or why?
>>
>>Thanks much -- Dean
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