4x512mb sticks = slow ?

Jono · 16 Mar 2006 at 16:35

I just read in (some thread on here, lost it now

) that if you use 4 sticks of ram on an A64 system it slows stuff down?

By a noticable amount? A terrible amount? Causes big hanging there doing nothing sessions amount?

MeatLoaf · 16 Mar 2006 at 17:41

Im using 4 sticks and i dont notice any major slowdowns, but i can only run my ram at 2T

quadboi · 16 Mar 2006 at 18:17

I would like to know this too, as I will be buying 2x512mb more

Jono · 16 Mar 2006 at 18:31

Well I don't plan to overclock anything, I dunno what T my ram runs at - it's some crucial 3200 DDR stuff. pretty bog standard afaik.

Firegod · 16 Mar 2006 at 19:16

Having to run 2T instead of 1T will worsen performance.

I'd say especially if you are not planning to overclock not to use 4x512mb. At least if you plan to slightly overclock you can claw back some performance, which is lost. Imo it makes more sense to sell up and start afresh and have less strain on your mem controller too.

Jono · 17 Mar 2006 at 06:21

Bugger.

Firegod · 17 Mar 2006 at 08:39

Jono said:
By a noticable amount? A terrible amount? Causes big hanging there doing nothing sessions amount?

By a noticable amount I'd say.

Not a terrible amount though...

Legionaire68 · 17 Mar 2006 at 12:54

Does the same go for Intel boards, I've got 4x512mb DDR2 in mine. It certainly speeds up loading Battlefield 2 Maps but I've only seen the comments about slowdown on AMD modos?

Firegod · 17 Mar 2006 at 13:53

Legionaire68 said:
Does the same go for Intel boards, I've got 4x512mb DDR2 in mine. It certainly speeds up loading Battlefield 2 Maps but I've only seen the comments about slowdown on AMD modos?

Not too sure on that one.... with it being DDR2 and with timings not affecting Intel cpu's as much as Amd's. :confused:

hmm!