Hugo Vanwoerkom put forth on 4/15/2010 3:09 PM: > Hi, > > 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?
That's exactly what it means. Dual channel memory bus equals twice the bandwidth of a single channel bus. Stick capacity is irrelevant in this discussion, except that each dual channel pair should consist of identical sticks. -- Stan -- 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/4bc798e6.6090...@hardwarefreak.com
