what would be better corsair 256 or 512?

[Robc1880]

I am looking at getting the epox 8rda+ and I was wondering if someone can tell me if the dual 256 C2 or dual 512 C2 would be better for that board? I play a lot of 3d games and was wondering which would be best? thanks.

 

[Prof133]

Not many games out now that require more than 512MB of memory for optimal performance. But, in the future, that will become less true. Your choice: go straight for the 2x512MB now and not have to worry about memory in the future OR get 2x256MB modules now and get a 512MB module later if needed.

<b><font color=blue>Logic over all.</font color=blue></b>

 

[stealth_blade]

or, get a single 512 module and upgrade later, instead of wasting money on 256 modules you'll have to replace, sides athlons dont get any significant performance increase from dual channel ram as the FSB can only handl 2bits a cycle

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[Robc1880]

don't i have to run 2 sticks of memory though because of the dual channel ddr?

 

[Prof133]

* Intresting thoughts. But, why would he have to replace the 256MB modules? If you have two 256MB memory modules in an nForce2 board and plan to upgrade to 1GB of memory, just buy a 512MB memory module and configure them as such: the 512MB memory module in the memory slot that appears to stand alone and the two 256MB memory modules in the two remaining slots.

* In the case where only one channel is filled, one memory controller does all the work while the other memory controller remains idle. It would be best to place a balance workload among the two memory controllers. In which case the two memory controllers could work together in order to increase bandwidth and decrease latency. But, you are right: getting a 512MB module now and taking that small performance hit and adding another 512MB module in the near future is another option.

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[Prof133]

don't i have to run 2 sticks of memory though because of the dual channel ddr?

For dual channel, you can use 2 or 3 sticks of memory.

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[Ryan_Plus_One]

You do not HAVE to run dual channel. Your board will work fine with 1 stick.

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[Prof133]

Yeah, for Dual-Channel, 2 or more sticks. 1 stick will also work but Dual-Channel will not be in effect. I thought I made that clear when I said:

<i>getting a 512MB module now and taking that small performance hit and adding another 512MB module in the near future is another option.</i>

But, thanx for making things more clear.

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[Titanion]

Are the Corsair PC2700 512 MB sticks from newegg any good?

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[Prof133]

Corsair makes quality memory. The Corsair XMS memory is great. But, i'm not too familiar with the "Value-select" corsair memory.

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[stealth_blade]

the value stuff seems to be alright, a friend of mine bought it, runs it in his 2.53 ghz P4 and its plenty stable, it just runs at more relaxed timings, cas2.5 th probably something like 2.5-3-3-7

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[rasputinj]

I have purchased a few value select of the corsair and they work fine, I have yet to OC one though, they do run at spec. Newegg I believe had the best prices on it.

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[Robc1880]

thanks for the help guys, I think i will try to 2x256 sticks out then eventually add the 512 stick. Thanks again.

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[xeenrecoil]

heya Rob;

Go check out your other post i made changes because of inacuracy, i cleared up the misinformation, sorry for any confusion.

XeeN