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Dual Channel Ram

PostPosted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 8:01 am
by Shakari
Have just orders a Gigabyte M/B with dual channel capabilities and 2 x 512 pc3200 DDR 400MHz Ram

now my question is when operating in dual channel mode will the PC see 512 MB ram or 1 GB???

PostPosted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 9:28 am
by pranav81
The computer will show only 512MB of RAM.But if you plug in the modules in the correct slots the memory will run in dual channel mode.


::Pranav::

PostPosted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 12:25 pm
by hoxlund
no, no, the computer will see 1gb of memory, in dual channel operation

to make sure your running in dual channel mode in windows, download this program:

http://www.cpuid.com/

after you run the program click on the memory tab

also you might want to tweak the cas timings on the memory to get even better performance, but it all depends on which mobo and memory you bought

PostPosted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 8:16 pm
by Shredder
hoxlund wrote:the computer will see 1gb of memory, in dual channel operation


Yes. What hoxlund said.

PostPosted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 12:49 am
by pranav81
Ooops #-o !!!

Sorry.I read 2 X 512 as only 512 MB.Sorry guys.I thought he was saying he had 512 MB of memory that he wants to run in DC mode.


::Pranav::

PostPosted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 4:07 am
by Shakari
Cool thanks for the help guys :D