Dual Channel Advise/Help
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Hi all,
can you somebody advise on how dual channel memory works? I have a Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI Pro motherboard which supports dual channel memory. Initially I had 1 stick of PC5300 1GB memory. Recently I purchased another 2 of these memory sticks on the cheap, so 3 in total.
My questions are
1) To avail of dual channel memory, should I only install 2 memory sticks, 1 in each of the 2 same coloured memory slots or can I install all 3
2) If I install all 3, will this prevent 2 modules working in dual channel?
3) Do I need to enable dual channel in the BIOS or OS for it to work?
4) I also have a graphics card with 1GB of memory. I now notice that with everything installed that "Physical Address Extension" is mentioned in the Systems->General tab. Does this slow the PC down? Should I remove 1 memory module?
Cheers
Shav
can you somebody advise on how dual channel memory works? I have a Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI Pro motherboard which supports dual channel memory. Initially I had 1 stick of PC5300 1GB memory. Recently I purchased another 2 of these memory sticks on the cheap, so 3 in total.
My questions are
1) To avail of dual channel memory, should I only install 2 memory sticks, 1 in each of the 2 same coloured memory slots or can I install all 3
2) If I install all 3, will this prevent 2 modules working in dual channel?
3) Do I need to enable dual channel in the BIOS or OS for it to work?
4) I also have a graphics card with 1GB of memory. I now notice that with everything installed that "Physical Address Extension" is mentioned in the Systems->General tab. Does this slow the PC down? Should I remove 1 memory module?
Cheers
Shav
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Thanks O1die.
Right now I'm in process of slowing upgrading my PC. I have a 8800GT card but only a P4 630 3.0Ghz CPU. Therefore, the large bottleneck in my system when it comes to new games is defo the CPU. I was hoping that the dual channel could improve my FPS.
Is 3GB RAM really a requirement for XP. If I got 5-7% improvement on FPS for games based on 2GB dual RAM as opposed to 3GB single RAM, I'd be happy with that
Cheers
Shane
Right now I'm in process of slowing upgrading my PC. I have a 8800GT card but only a P4 630 3.0Ghz CPU. Therefore, the large bottleneck in my system when it comes to new games is defo the CPU. I was hoping that the dual channel could improve my FPS.
Is 3GB RAM really a requirement for XP. If I got 5-7% improvement on FPS for games based on 2GB dual RAM as opposed to 3GB single RAM, I'd be happy with that
Cheers
Shane
If you have a graphics card with 1 gig of memory,and you are running XP 32bit, just put 2 modules in and run in dual channel mode with 2 gig. You don't need more, and won't see any improvement with 3 gig. You will only be able to use about 2.5 gigs of the 3 anyway if you did have all 3 sticks in due to the limitation of the OS.
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