MeMOry

[MO!]

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

 

[auric]

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

Auric

 

[MO!]

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.

 

[sideshowbob]

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.

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

-- Ian

 

[Zoomer]

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.

 

[MO!]

Thanks for the reply's