How much performance does Triple Channel actually add?

[Virdi]

...How much performance does Triple Channel actually add?

...and is the X58 chipset the only one that supports it?

Thanks

 

[St0tteh0]

In terms of gaming i dont think it adds a great deal of performance

 

[Venares]

If your talking gaming, virtualy no difference.
Once you start throwing stuff like encoding and rendering at it however the extra bandwith is quite noticable.

 

[mmj_uk]

The i7/X58 platform was only officially certified to run memory at 1066mhz so I imagine tri-channel helped considerably to boost performance, most people overclock and are able to run 1333-1600mhz though so the difference becomes minimal.

 

[Nickson]

As everyone else has said really.

Pretty much nothing with regards to gaming performance and your normal OS usage.