I was just curious, does triple channel RAM offer much of a performance increase? I doubt for the price its that big of a deal, but I just wondered if it does much of anything at all. (compared to dual channel RAM with Intel i5/i7s)
Does Triple Channel Affect Much?
|
11-19-2010, 04:02 PM
Only if efb to ram is used, it can make a significant difference then but otherwise it makes no difference. Also keep in mind that it doesn't improve bandwidth as much you would think since each channelis usually clocked lower. I5/I3 use two channels running at 1333 MHz by default (2666 effective) and an I7 on the 1366 platform will use 3 channels running at 1066MHz by default (3200 effective). That's a 20% increase.
"Normally if given a choice between doing something and nothing, I’d choose to do nothing. But I would do something if it helps someone else do nothing. I’d work all night if it meant nothing got done."
-Ron Swanson "I shall be a good politician, even if it kills me. Or if it kills anyone else for that matter. " -Mark Antony 11-20-2010, 02:07 PM
(11-19-2010, 04:02 PM)NaturalViolence Wrote: Only if efb to ram is used, it can make a significant difference then but otherwise it makes no difference. Also keep in mind that it doesn't improve bandwidth as much you would think since each channelis usually clocked lower. I5/I3 use two channels running at 1333 MHz by default (2666 effective) and an I7 on the 1366 platform will use 3 channels running at 1066MHz by default (3200 effective). That's a 20% increase.Ah, that's not as big of an improvement as I thought. |
« Next Oldest | Next Newest »
|
Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)