[The_Neon_Cowboy]

memory question... Whats better, from a performance stand point?

2x512MB or 1 stick of 1GB
3x512MB or 2 sticks of 1GB

Becouse latences tend to add up don't they?

So should a stick of 1 GB Cas3 3,3,10
wouldn't it be faster then say
two sticks of Cas 2 2,2,5 (2x Cas 2 2,2,5 = cas 4 4,4,10)

for the same reson 1 512 is faster then two fast 256's

But then you add duel channel into the mix and alot of clam that adds only like 1% most of the time...

any one clear on this?

[Shinjikun]

Originally Posted by The_Neon_Cowboy

memory question... Whats better, from a performance stand point?

2x512MB or 1 stick of 1GB
3x512MB or 2 sticks of 1GB

Becouse latences tend to add up don't they?

So should a stick of 1 GB Cas3 3,3,10
wouldn't it be faster then say
two sticks of Cas 2 2,2,5 (2x Cas 2 2,2,5 = cas 4 4,4,10)

for the same reson 1 512 is faster then two fast 256's

But then you add duel channel into the mix and alot of clam that adds only like 1% most of the time...

any one clear on this?

I'd say two sticks of anything running in a dual channel config would be best. Running with 1 stick might not be as fast (because of dual channel) and running with 3 sticks of anything should just slow things down. Memory controllers now-a-days are picky as hell so having 3 SDRAM\DDR DIMMS is usually a bad thing. I'd recommend 2 nice dual channel ready 512 MB or 1GB (1GB, 2GB total) DDR DIMMS for great performance over just 1 DIMM or especially 3 (hmm what about 4).

I might have the wrong idea too so bump bump bump let's get some more opinions on this as I'd like to know more info on this subject too.

[Judas]

well lets see....... alot of 512mb sticks are now running 2 cas no problemo.... i've seen a few 1024 sticks that are barely hitting 2.5 cas ATM...

However, 2 sticks of 1024 vs 3 sticks of 512 would be IMO better

[masshass81]

I'd go with 2x512 instead of 1 stick.. Setting up 2 512mb sticks in dual-channel will double your bandwidth from 3.2g/s to 6.4gb/s (PC-3200) which results into more speeeeeeed!

[Vampyromaniac]

Neon's on an AthlonXP, so he won't get double the bandwidth, more like 2%

I think 2 sticks is better than three, but " two sticks of Cas 2 2,2,5 (2x Cas 2 2,2,5 = cas 4 4,4,10)" is not true. it would still be 2-2-2-5.

[The_Neon_Cowboy]

Originally Posted by Vampyromaniac

Neon's on an AthlonXP, so he won't get double the bandwidth, more like 2%

I think 2 sticks is better than three, but " two sticks of Cas 2 2,2,5 (2x Cas 2 2,2,5 = cas 4 4,4,10)" is not true. it would still be 2-2-2-5.

are you sure?

then why is 1x 512 faster then 2x 256's? (with out duel channel) the latencies "seem" aditive with out duel channel

[Vampyromaniac]

it might be some sort of different delay involved, but the actual timings are the same.
I don't really know about the details of that

[The_Neon_Cowboy]

Originally Posted by Vampyromaniac

it might be some sort of different delay involved, but the actual timings are the same.
I don't really know about the details of that

thats what baffles me...

[Judas]

depends on the controller itself...... the Nforce 2 ultras i see in alot of benchmarks were adding in more sticks appears to "slow" it down a bit... which is to be expected but.. NOT to much....

i haven't seen this problem on the Via boards though.....

[tastyweat]

Originally Posted by The_Neon_Cowboy

memory question... Whats better, from a performance stand point?

2x512MB or 1 stick of 1GB
3x512MB or 2 sticks of 1GB

Becouse latences tend to add up don't they?

So should a stick of 1 GB Cas3 3,3,10
wouldn't it be faster then say
two sticks of Cas 2 2,2,5 (2x Cas 2 2,2,5 = cas 4 4,4,10)

for the same reson 1 512 is faster then two fast 256's

But then you add duel channel into the mix and alot of clam that adds only like 1% most of the time...

any one clear on this?

2x512 would be better than 1 stick of 1gb

2x 1gb would be better than 3x512