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  you loose some memory bandwidth running in single channel, but its probably not a huge deal. : Shadowdane
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    If it's a Pentium 4 it's feeding, it's a HUUUUUUUUUGE deal : Toraz Chryx
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      It is this: http://support.intel.com/design/motherbd/bz/index.htm You serious about a HUGE deal, or ju... : coyoterys
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        I'm serious, a Pentium 4 starved of bandwidth is like Aerosmith without drugs.... : Toraz Chryx
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          Theoretically yeah, but I doubt games would suffer especially if there is more RAM available. : rasputinreborn
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            http://www.techreport.com/reviews/2003q2/pentium4-c/ssam.gif Notice an 800mhz FSB part keeping up (wit... : Toraz Chryx
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              what. Single channel versus dual channel memory is NOT the same as 533 vs. 800 fsb. : rasputinreborn
              • No, it's worse, it's a bigger drop off of peak bandwidth to the processor. : Toraz Chryx
• probably, yeah, just about the only chipset I can think of that doesn't stumble when the memory channels ... : Toraz Chryx
• makes sense to me, use more than two channels and your dual channel is hamperd. You better off to get two... : ghost hacker
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  Uh, can you do the 3 dimm dual channel thing that's described on the page you linked? Give it a try. ... : DinK
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    Ok so will my mobo automatically re-enable dual channel if I just swap the sticks like so?: ====== ==... : coyoterys
    • You have to try and see. The webpage suggests it might, though it also lists a bunch of mobos so I don't... : DinK
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  Not too much, actually- dual-channel is technically faster due to the memory being 'split' into two chann : mn3m0n1c
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    And this .pdf specifically references the P4 architechture- note the Q3 scores, for example- PC3200 singl : mn3m0n1c
    • what? those Q3 scores are stupidly low, ESPECIALLY from a P4 : Toraz Chryx
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      *actually reads the doc* wtfdude, they're using quake 3 performance on a machine with integrated graphics to show that memory bandwidth drops don't bottleneck a P4? no shit, the graphics chip doesn't have enough fillrate for it to run at more than 35 fucking fps... put a proper (even for the time) graphics chip in the equation and you'd be looking at a much bigger margin between the two. and an order of magnitude higher FPS
      
      my freakin' G4 Cube is 3x faster at running Q3 than those numbers ffs

      Oct 12, 2006 4:47am PDT
      *actually reads the doc* wtfdude, they're using quake 3 performance on a machine with integrated graphics... : Toraz Chryx
• Thanks to all of ya for fast replies and answers... You're so much more helpfull than Alienwares tech sup... : coyoterys