On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:09:08 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > The Wiki on dual channel memory says: > > "The memory modules are installed into matching banks, which are usually > color coded on the motherboard. These separate channels allow each > memory module access to the memory controller, increasing throughput > bandwidth." > > Does that mean that placing 2 1GB modules, each into a different colored > slot, is faster than putting 1 2GB module into one slot and leaving the > other 3 slots empty?
The latter will use a single channel squema but I'd say you shouldn't perceive any noticeable difference in your "day to day" work :-) I always try to fill the RAM slots of the board at their maximum capacity (at least 2 GiB.) so upgrading memory will be worth for it. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.04.15.20.38...@gmail.com
