Dual ddr for amd/intel

[diabol]

Somewhere in a previous post i read that dual channel memory was made so that ram could catch up intel's 800fsb.
But how could it be helpful to amd processors that have 400 or less fsb?

 

[Crashman]

It isn't. The fastest nForce2 400 boards match the fastest nForce2 400 Ultra boards in performance.

nVidia used dual channel to stagger timing for reduced latency. It had a small performance gain, but it was so small as to not be worth noting for most configurations.

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[diabol]

Then should i simply buy a 512mb ddr400 cl3
or rather go for 2x256mb ddr400 cl3 and use dual channel?
My processor is amd athlon xp 2600+ fsb 333.

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by diabol on 03/29/04 10:45 AM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[Crashman]

I think you'd see simply results using Cas2.5 single channel to using Cas3 in dual channel on a XP series processor.

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[diabol]

Maybe, but problem is i can't find 512mb(or 256) with cl2.5 in greece(yeah thats where i live)unless i pick ddr333, which i dont really want since i'm thinking to overclock the cpu later. So what should i do....?

 

[Crashman]

Sorry for the confusion. You do get a very small performance increase using Dual Channel mode on nVidia's dual-channel chipsets for XP processors. The difference is SO small that it's probably not be worth the added cost of buying 2 smaller modules rather than 1 big one.

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