RIMM 8 device vs. RIMM 4 device

[Mr_Roboto]

I've seen RD RIMM chips that are "4-device" and some that are "8-device". I think that ECC chips are "9-device". What does this mean exactly and which should I get if I mainly want fast RAM for playing games? Are the "4-device" chips faster or slower than the others?

P.S. - The setup I just bought is a 2.53 Ghz P4 processor and a GA-8IHXP Gigabyte motherboard. The RAM I'm using now is Kingston KVR1066X16-4/128 which is "4-device". I noticed that the reviews done in Tomshardware.com used 8-device Kingston. If anyone knows about this please let me know, any information you can provide will be most helpful. Thanks in advance.

 

[juin]

I guess that is a 128 mb stick

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[Mr_Roboto]

I've seen 128 meg RIMM chips in "4 device" and in "8 device".

 

[juin]

like

8x the size of the module for a total size of the stick
4X the size of the module for a total size of the stick

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[Mr_Roboto]

I see now, the number of devices on a stick of memory is just the number of chips. The RAM I've got has 4 32meg chips on each stick of memory. According to that article at hardware central that means there are fewer banks than if it were 8 device, and more banks is more better. Thanks for the info guys.

 

[Crashman]

4 chip and 8 chip, 8 chip spreads the heat over a larger area, which was important for overclocking before faster chips were introduced.

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