dual channel ddr question... (or 2)

Djenn · January 21st, 2003

in a dual-channel ddr setup, you theoretically get more bandwidth... correct?
to my understanding, it's not very practical as an athlon can't take advantage of it... but what if you ran the ram at, say, 75% of your fsb. would you get the same performance as in a non-dual-channel setup running mem in sync?

also, would running dual-channel give you more bandwidth efficiency, or no?

January 21st, 2003

The Athlon cam take advantage of Dual DDR memory, Expecially when The Front Side bus starts getting raised.

But the margins right now are roughly 3-5% Gains. Is it worth using? Definately. Expecially if your overclocking.

Just put an Athlon XP on the 333 Mhz FSB + Nforce 2 + FSB Overclocking and the extra bandwith is feasible and noticable

Djenn · January 21st, 2003

what about running your ram at 75% of ur fsb... need to know as it effects my 3 stage upgrade

January 21st, 2003

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Originally posted by Djenn
what about running your ram at 75% of ur fsb... need to know as it effects my 3 stage upgrade

Running in Sync is always better than running out of Sync in my opinion.

If your Ram is running slower than your FSB it actually proves to create more latency IMO.

Well not really just my opinion. It's always the opinion of tomshardware

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Djenn Space Cowboy Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 233	dual channel ddr question... (or 2) in a dual-channel ddr setup, you theoretically get more bandwidth... correct? to my understanding, it's not very practical as an athlon can't take advantage of it... but what if you ran the ram at, say, 75% of your fsb. would you get the same performance as in a non-dual-channel setup running mem in sync? also, would running dual-channel give you more bandwidth efficiency, or no? __________________ Thermaltake Xaser II Case Asus P5WD2 (272mhz FSB) Intel Pentium D 920 (@ 3.8ghz) 1gb pqi pc5400 (680mhz @ CL 5, 5-5-15) Unlocked Sapphire Radeon X800 GTO2 @ 500/600mhz SB Audigy 36gb WD Raptor, 40gb WD Caviar

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Djenn Space Cowboy Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 233	what about running your ram at 75% of ur fsb... need to know as it effects my 3 stage upgrade __________________ Thermaltake Xaser II Case Asus P5WD2 (272mhz FSB) Intel Pentium D 920 (@ 3.8ghz) 1gb pqi pc5400 (680mhz @ CL 5, 5-5-15) Unlocked Sapphire Radeon X800 GTO2 @ 500/600mhz SB Audigy 36gb WD Raptor, 40gb WD Caviar

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January 21st, 2003	#2 (permalink)
ChrisRay Guest Posts: n/a	The Athlon cam take advantage of Dual DDR memory, Expecially when The Front Side bus starts getting raised. But the margins right now are roughly 3-5% Gains. Is it worth using? Definately. Expecially if your overclocking. Just put an Athlon XP on the 333 Mhz FSB + Nforce 2 + FSB Overclocking and the extra bandwith is feasible and noticable