Re: Athlon64 question

Dragoncarer wrote:
>

>
> Well...no freakin' duh.

No - no "freakin' duh" at all. There seems to be a lot of emphasis
placed on dual channel.

> But that system with 2GB in dual channel will (theoretically) run faster
> than just 2GB, and the 1GB system running in dual channel will run faster
> than the 1GB in single channel.

I agree. But what I meant to say is 2GB running in single channel will
knock spots off your average machine with 1GB in dual channel mode.

I found that moving from 1GB to 1.5GB made a noticeable difference.

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