MeMOry

Just a quick question which I hope someone can answer.

If I was looking to put a set aMOunt of meMOry into a computer, and had 2 slots, would I be best off (performance wise), adding two half sized sticks or one full sized on? As in, if I was looking to add 256MB, would I be best off using 1x256, or 2x128MB?

Obviously using one would keep a slot free for future additions (rather than having to replace).

And, having 2 seperate ones would be better incase one malfunctioned.

But whicj would be better performance wise?

I'd imagine 2 half size ones would be better for speed? But i'm not really clued up on this so kinda guessing.

Cheers

 

Get one big fast (fastest your motherboard will allow) one but you will then have to bin the little one you already have.

Auric

 

It's hypothetical really.

Which would be the best option performance wise if both were same speed? like 2x128 @"x" speed, or 1x256 @ "x" speed.

Want to know if havig it spread across two seperate chips will make it faster or slower? I assume it would be faster as would allow both to be accessed simultaneously.

Cost, upgradability, etc don't come into it, just performance.

Cheers.

 

Won't make any difference MO. I'd go for a larger single, keeps a slot free for future expansion.

-- Ian

 

if you have a motherboard that has support for dual DDR sims then it would be faster to have 2 matching sims,

on the other hand if you dont then that a single chip is just as fast, as the same pipe is used for 1 or 2 sims.

 

Thanks for the reply's