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  #11  
Old 24th Dec 2008, 04:19
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I believe Dave is right ... i.e. if you mix speeds, they will all drop to the speed of the lowest speed sticks.
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  #12  
Old 24th Dec 2008, 05:44
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So with me having 4 2gig strips of 800mhz of the same brand and speed I'm running dual channel correct?

Well... dual, dual channel.
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Old 27th Dec 2008, 09:05
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Thats handy to know, the system I'm building has 4 RAM banks and I'm putting a 2Gb stick in each bank so I get Dual Dual Channel. Bragging rights ftw. Cheers Dave =)
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Old 27th Dec 2008, 09:09
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@ tardster

Check your MoBo documentation. If you're only filling 2/4 slots theres usually a specific two you have to put the sticks in for it to run in dual channel.
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Old 27th Dec 2008, 09:13
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Well im sure I'm good, I have all 4 slots filled with the same speed/brand...
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Old 27th Dec 2008, 18:25
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You should be running in duel channel then, assuming it's enabled by default, to make sure just pay attention to what it says on the first boot screen, if running in duel channel, it should say, likewise for single channel.
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  #17  
Old 27th Dec 2008, 21:51
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First off, why are people writing duel instead of dual... just something that bothers me (like using till for until)


Secondly, it will depend on your mobo. I had an older one which only had dual channel support for the first two slots, everything else made it go single. Then one where all four sticks had to be the same and now my mother has one where a pair of 512s and a pair of 1024 are both running dual channel just fine (but they're all the same speed since it would match them all to the lowest speed anyway).
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  #18  
Old 28th Dec 2008, 06:22
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Quote:
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First off, why are people writing duel instead of dual... just something that bothers me (like using till for until)
.
I was just going to say that! I started righting it till I saw you'd already said..

(JOKE - until you said of course )

Aaah.. it's the little things in life.
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Old 28th Dec 2008, 06:42
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Sorry, I can't spell, I'm dyslexic
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Old 28th Dec 2008, 07:15
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Who made dyslexic so darn hard to spell?

Off topic I think guys. So what are the benefits of triple channel RAM? Just super fast speed and "leetness"?
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