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Is it better to utilise both memory channel?
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<blockquote data-quote="Digerati" data-source="post: 739947" data-attributes="member: 59833"><p>"In theory", running in "dual channel" memory mode does increase performance. However, real-world and theory don't always jive and that is the case here. That is, performance gains with dual channel memory enabled did not prove to actually improve performance to any significant degree for most tasks as all the initial hype suggested. And when gains were noticed, they were no where near "doubled" as "theory" suggested. </p><p></p><p>What did prove to provide <u>significant</u> performance gains was simply increasing the <em>amount</em> of RAM (depending on your starting point).</p><p></p><p>Now it is important to understand that 8GB of RAM is already considered a big chunk of RAM. But increasing to 16GB is still likely to yield some noticeable performance gains, not because dual channel is enabled, but because you have doubled the <em>amount</em> of RAM installed. But I quickly must add this depends on the tasks you perform. </p><p></p><p>Note too, if you are running with a hard drive, increasing your RAM to 16GB will result in your OS banging on your drive's Page File less - and that's a good thing for performance. If you currently are running with a SSD, disk access gains will be less because they are already quick with SSDs.</p><p></p><p>So should you upgrade from 8GB to 16GB? If you can find another 8GB stick that matches the specs of your current 8GB stick (preferably the same brand and model number), I sure would go for it!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Digerati, post: 739947, member: 59833"] "In theory", running in "dual channel" memory mode does increase performance. However, real-world and theory don't always jive and that is the case here. That is, performance gains with dual channel memory enabled did not prove to actually improve performance to any significant degree for most tasks as all the initial hype suggested. And when gains were noticed, they were no where near "doubled" as "theory" suggested. What did prove to provide [U]significant[/U] performance gains was simply increasing the [I]amount[/I] of RAM (depending on your starting point). Now it is important to understand that 8GB of RAM is already considered a big chunk of RAM. But increasing to 16GB is still likely to yield some noticeable performance gains, not because dual channel is enabled, but because you have doubled the [I]amount[/I] of RAM installed. But I quickly must add this depends on the tasks you perform. Note too, if you are running with a hard drive, increasing your RAM to 16GB will result in your OS banging on your drive's Page File less - and that's a good thing for performance. If you currently are running with a SSD, disk access gains will be less because they are already quick with SSDs. So should you upgrade from 8GB to 16GB? If you can find another 8GB stick that matches the specs of your current 8GB stick (preferably the same brand and model number), I sure would go for it! [/QUOTE]
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