OMG - 8GB is faster than 4GB

[dugdiamond]

I'm at Glamorgan, the Cardiff campus.

at ATRiuM ??? BA(Hons) ???

nice course - good luck - get in touch when you get your stars

 

[Mumbles37]

Thanks for the proof!

 

[daniSAUR]

at ATRiuM ??? BA(Hons) ???

nice course - good luck - get in touch when you get your stars

That be the one. Cool man, I will do. Not long to go.

Although I'm going on the Erasmus project before I graduate so I'll be away for about 2 and a half weeks.

 

[TMaksimov]

Dug, your computer is painfully slow. It could be just variation between boots.. 7 seconds over 1 minute 40 to boot is not "It boots lightning fast compared to 4 gig"

 

[dugdiamond]

Dug, your computer is painfully slow. It could be just variation between boots.. 7 seconds over 1 minute 40 to boot is not "It boots lightning fast compared to 4 gig"

please read all posts. maybe you will understand why it takes so long to finish booting (NOD32).

i never said "lightning". i just said it was faster

my rigs are far from slow -

- but they are very safe

 

[TMaksimov]

please read all posts. maybe you will understand why it takes so long to finish booting (NOD32).

i never said "lightning". i just said it was faster

my rigs are far from slow -

- but they are very safe

I have, dude. But still, that is one damn slow boot.

 

[dugdiamond]

it may not be fast out of the starting blocks, but it is fast enough for me

 

[TMaksimov]

it may not be fast out of the starting blocks, but it is fast enough for me

The i5 + it's mobo are probably far better than the 1055s. With those SSDs it probably flies compared to this

 

[dugdiamond]

the Yang rig does boot waaayyyyy faster than than the Ying rig.

but you have missed the point!

 

[Ya93sin]

I have, dude. But still, that is one damn slow boot.

The speed is software limited, its got nothing (much) to do with the hardware.

 

[SnW]

I ordered 16gig of ram(testing purpose) i hope you are right about this

 

[dugdiamond]

you will not be UNhappy

 

[Tortuga]

So I guess that ol "Don't fill all the dimms" myth is dead huh? Finally!

 

[dugdiamond]

yep - people are not quite seeing the point yet

dual-channel modules work togther (2 slots) .... boards normally come with two sets of two

tri-channel = similar (3 slots) ............................. boards normally come with two sets of three

architecture info: the matched channels share the same bus... the other set of matched slots on your board use a different bus.

so, just like with RAID, where data is split between drives can increase in faster data throughput... the same happens with memory.

although, as proved, not to a great increase in speed, but an increase nonetheless.

 

[hmmblah]

yep - people are not quite seeing the point yet

dual-channel modules work togther (2 slots) .... boards normally come with two sets of two

tri-channel = similar (3 slots) ............................. boards normally come with two sets of three

architecture info: the matched channels share the same bus... the other set of matched slots on your board use a different bus.

so, just like with RAID, where data is split between drives can increase in faster data throughput... the same happens with memory.

although, as proved, not to a great increase in speed, but an increase nonetheless.

If you are already using dual or triple channel, adding more sticks will not increase bandwidth. Using more sticks can actually hurt speeds because the memory controller won't be able to clock as high and do as tight of timings with added sticks. As stated earlier in this thread, more sticks will also mean higher latencies. This is why when people go for high overclocks for top bench scores and records (suicide runs etc.), they will use the least amount of sticks possible while still keeping the mem bandwidth up.

In a 24/7 scenario like most of us here, doubling up the sticks won't increase your bandwidth, but will give your OS and programs more available memory.

 

[stevebarnes15]

True way to test would be on a clean install imho

 

[dugdiamond]

True way to test would be on a clean install imho

lol - i ain't going there

 

[Mumbles37]

If you are already using dual or triple channel, adding more sticks will not increase bandwidth. Using more sticks can actually hurt speeds because the memory controller won't be able to clock as high and do as tight of timings with added sticks. As stated earlier in this thread, more sticks will also mean higher latencies. This is why when people go for high overclocks for top bench scores and records (suicide runs etc.), they will use the least amount of sticks possible while still keeping the mem bandwidth up.

In a 24/7 scenario like most of us here, doubling up the sticks won't increase your bandwidth, but will give your OS and programs more available memory.

I've found this to be quite true. I recently thought I'd add an extra 3 sticks and this is exactly what happened to me. I went from 7-7-7-24-48-1T to 8-8-8-24-72-2T. Got rid of those extra three sticks and I'm back at the tighter timings. Next time I upgrade I will just replace the sticks I have rather than simply adding more.