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RE: [Digital BW] computer horsepower ?

2005-02-25 by Paul D. DeRocco

> From: Bob Frost [mailto:bob@...]
>
> If you are using an Intel CPU with DDR memory, 4GB will be faster
> than 3GB,
> because you can't give each of the 2 memory channels similar chips unless
> you use 2 or 4GB. To get 3GB you have to use dissimilar memory
> cards in each
> channel, i.e. a 1GB and a 512MB. That will run more slowly than 2x1GB or
> 2x512MB.

For laptops with two slots, you're right. But most desktop mobos have two
pairs of slots, and as long as each pair has a matched set, they run
full-speed.

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Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
Paul                mailto:pderocco@...

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