how much ram can windows Xp home handle!?!? will ram still be in dual channel is you have 3 x 1gb sticks? (i'm thinking it won't but not sure).
Re: 2gig or 4?
how much ram can windows Xp home handle!?!? will ram still be in dual channel is you have 3 x 1gb sticks? (i'm thinking it won't but not sure).
CPU: Q6600 G0 3.5GHz@1.4v (4.2GHz max) / 4790k 4.8ghz @1.265v
GPU: 9800GTX /GTX780 hydrocopper
Ram: Samsung 4GB /gskill 16gb DDR3 1600
Mobo: EVGA-NF68-A1 680i (P32) /AsRock Extreme6
PSU: Enermax Galaxy 850Watt /EVGA 850 G2
HDD: OCZ 120GB Vertex4, Samsung evo 840 250GB
LCD: Samsung 32" LN32A450, Samsung 226BW 22" wide
Sound: Logtiech Z 5500
CPU & GPU: 3x Swiftech MCR320, 2x MCP655, MCW60 R2, Dtek Fuzion V2, 18 high speed yates @ 5v
Re: 2gig or 4?
XP Home can handle a _total_ of 4gb (including the page file).Originally Posted by Spawn-Inc
The first 2 sticks would be in dual channel mode, but not the third. It _may_ be better to have 2x1gb + 2x512mb. I say may, because I have not tested it that way, but according to most mobo manuals dual channel mode is faster. I remember a thread here that mentioned that the 512mb stick had better timing latency so they should go in the first channel. Again, I have not tested that theory.
"...Dumb all over, A little ugly on the side... "...Frank Zappa...
Re: 2gig or 4?
well i think i would just get 2gbs to start with then once DX10 comes out i will see how much ram it takes and then possibly buy another 2gbs.
CPU: Q6600 G0 3.5GHz@1.4v (4.2GHz max) / 4790k 4.8ghz @1.265v
GPU: 9800GTX /GTX780 hydrocopper
Ram: Samsung 4GB /gskill 16gb DDR3 1600
Mobo: EVGA-NF68-A1 680i (P32) /AsRock Extreme6
PSU: Enermax Galaxy 850Watt /EVGA 850 G2
HDD: OCZ 120GB Vertex4, Samsung evo 840 250GB
LCD: Samsung 32" LN32A450, Samsung 226BW 22" wide
Sound: Logtiech Z 5500
CPU & GPU: 3x Swiftech MCR320, 2x MCP655, MCW60 R2, Dtek Fuzion V2, 18 high speed yates @ 5v
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote