[mythtvnz] Memory for Zotac IONITX-B-E

[Steve Hodge]

On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 11:11 PM, Robin Gilks <g8ecj at gilks.org> wrote:

> > The BIOS should tell you if it supports dual-channel setups. Even if it
> > doesn't you're not losing anything by using two 1GB modules unless you
> one
> > day expect to expand to 4GB or more. OTOH, what are you doing with the
> > system? I wouldn't expect extra memory bandwidth to noticeably help with
> > any
> > myth-related function.
>
> I'll have to open my current one and see what is inside - not had to touch
> it since I built it so I've forgotten. Just thinking about 2 @ $50 rather
> than 1 @ $88 is enough of an overhead to only be worthwhile if I really do
> get a reasonable performance improvement.
>

I used to have 2x512MB sticks in my desktop - when I upgraded to 2GB it was
via a 1GB stick so I lost the dual channel setup. I didn't notice any
reduction in performance (though this is a fairly old motherboard/CPU and I
haven't actually benchmarked it. Personally I'd be inclined to go for the
1GB stick just because it's more flexible - easier to add more ram to that
machine and a more useful size if you want to move it some other machine. I
doubt you'd see any performance difference without benchmarking.

Cheers,
Steve
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