just curious ..

Are you asking price or performance? The 2 512s will only (problem free) run on Win2K and WinXP, so for Win98 or ME, stick with the 2 256 idea.

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No, he's asking what gain he'll get from using 2x256 rather than 1x512 methinks.

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if crash is correct, then the diffrence will be less than 10%, dual channel can do little to help the AXP because the cpu cannot physically utilise the extra bandwith.


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<b><font color=blue>Oh, I can shed light on that ...</font color=blue></b>

but overclocking AXP will be a different story with those RAM.

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