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Posted by Barry Watzman on February 16, 2006, 4:24 pm
Please log in for more thread options It's possible that the reason for the performance increase was not that
you had more memory, but that when you installed the 2nd module it
enabled dual channel memory, which doubles the speed of the memory
subsystem.
Roy wrote:
>>Dell are offering one of their Inspirons with 256MB memory as standard,
>>and various extra memory options. One of these is 1 x 512MB for an
>>extra £135, or 2 x 256MB for an extra £88. If the total memory is the
>>same, why the difference in price, and would the cheaper option mean
>>less performance?
>
>
> I recently upgraded the RAM of my desktop replacement notebook, from 2
> x512mb . I tested first by replacing the two sticks with 1 gig.in
> only one slot and the other is free I did not see any noticeable
> difference with either, but I am not sure as I did not use it for long
> before adding another 1 gig stick.
>
> When I put another 1 gig to make it two gigs, it made a really
> significant difference in performance with my video editing and
> demanding games application performance.
>
> One thing noticeable ( which I did not expect )from the RAM
> upgrading is that the USB HDTV tuner performs much better.. Even if
> the reception is only 55- 60% the sound and pictures looks likes the
> reception was 80-100%!
>
> Therefore ( to me) the question is not about the choice between
> memory sticks with different capacities but its a lot better to
> increase the capacity and much more beneficial to max up your RAM to
> get the best out of your notebook computer performance!
> With this positive experience
> I regretted why I did not do it earlier...<sigh>
>
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