3 gig

Frippy · 2 Nov 2007 at 09:28

I have upgraded to 3 gig on XP. 3x1 gig sticks, also turned swap file off, now not running in dual channel mode, PC seems slower? can this happen or is it just my imagination? I thought with the extra gig it would speed things up!

My previous settings on Crysis are now sluggish, perhaps the ram has slowed things down, advice needed!

Thanks.

paradigm · 2 Nov 2007 at 09:56

Frippy said:
now not running in dual channel mode, PC seems slower?

Read that bit again and tell me WHY your PC feels slower.

"Oh hi, yeah, ive de-tuned my car and removed 100BHP, but it feels slower now" :/

Frippy · 2 Nov 2007 at 10:07

It takes longer to boot and there is a pause for a second or so when clicking the start menue bar on windows.

harris1986 · 2 Nov 2007 at 10:33

try something for me, take 1gig out and run in dual channel again and tell me if it's quicker?

Frippy · 2 Nov 2007 at 10:35

It is, just tried it.

Minstadave · 2 Nov 2007 at 16:24

You're not running in dual channel so you've lost memory bandwidth so its slower.

With 3 modules in it will default to 2T and maybe drop from PC3200 to PC2700 speeds depending on your CPU version, meaning more speed lost.

harris1986 · 2 Nov 2007 at 17:57

idd i was trying to make him figure this out

only way to learn

Frippy · 5 Nov 2007 at 00:21

Thanks, I ditched the other 1 gig. Back to dual mode and quicker booting. Thanks for all the help guys. I suppose when I get around to Vista I'll get 4 gig in and make sure A and B channels are dual channel optimized.