DDR2 running in single channel mode, any real performance hit?

[Asomodai]

Hey guys.

Due to a hilarious accident with some super glue, i have rendered two adjacent Ram slots as unusable.

So i can no longer use DDR2 in dual channel mode, it cannot be fixed without replacing the motherboard.

The specs are.

Q6600 2.4GHZ. C2Q
Asus P5n32-E SLI
2X2GB 1066MHZ DDR 2 Ram. (OCZ platinum ram stuff with heatsinks) (Did had 8GB of RAM, but obviously cant use that)
280 GTX graphics card

Anyway, will i notice a significant performance decrease that would affect my gaming perfomance in games such as BFBC2? I am not at home and unable to try it out myself for a while.

 

[JW1993]

There will be a decrease in performance however how significant it will be can vary. The wikipedia article - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual-channel might be able to offer you a better answer then I can but from various benchmarks across the web, the difference is quite minimal. Hope this helps