hypertranspot and ram

FOX · Posted: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 20:30:25 Post Subject: hypertranspot and ram

noobish question again... i was in the local geek shop a few days ago running an errand for work and i was just curious to see how much some of their corsair stuff was...

we then started talking about my system and such and he told me that i shouldve bought the ram for my system in the twin packs to take advantage of the hypertransport... he explained why but wasnt sure if he was 100%

so what im wondering is did i waste money on buying my sticks serperatly??

i just ordered my second stick of corsair xms low latency so i have a gig now....

FOX · Posted: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 20:32:37 Post Subject:

also

would it be worth it to me to buy another gig in like a 2x512 thing??? i have some money comin in i wanna waste on dumb stuff lol.... i heard from somewhere that after a gig windows doesnt really do much w/ it??

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 22:08:30 Post Subject:

So... what is in your system right now? two sticks? If they are the same size, speed, etc you should be good.

Not sure about the hypertransport bit, but running ddr in dual channel mode will give you a performance boost! But, you need to have memory of the same speed, timins, size, etc so it works really well... Otherwise, both sticks of memory will be running at the specs of the weaker of the two!

FOX · Posted: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 22:23:37 Post Subject:

okay so i should be fine then... as far as i know i ordered the same thing lol
*checking reciepts* hehe

trekrider · Posted: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 22:57:25 Post Subject:

I think the "Twin" packs are an Advertizing gimic. As BB sez...as long as the two sticks are spec'd the same, you should be fine.

I have two (not "twin") sticks of Corsair XMS PC3200 C2 DDR that were running in a P4E 2.8 system -dual channel- -hyperthreading- and the system ran fine (other than the heat issues).

FOX · Posted: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 23:01:47 Post Subject:

trekrider · Posted: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 23:12:19 Post Subject:

DOH!

AMD_Junk13 · Posted: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 02:22:17 Post Subject:

HyperTransport is a AMD thing, sorry InteliBoys. And yes... it will help things run faster if the ram is duel chan.

For those that don't know what HyperTransport is:

thePMG · Rated XXX Joined: 24 Apr 2004 Posts: 393 Location: Germany

Actually, Hyper Transport is a bus between chipsets (NB and SB), chipset and CPU, or CPU to CPU. It does NOT connect a CPU or chipset to RAM.

http://hypertransport.org/applications/apps_PCs.cfm

AMD_Junk13 · Posted: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 12:51:22 Post Subject:

Basicly that is true and not true(The way you put it, that is). With the way AMD puts the memory controler on their CPU uses hypertransport to it's fullest advantage. This is why a FX64 processor can still beat the top Intel system with DDR2 in memory bandwidth test. With the on coming of future 64 processor with onboard DDR2 controlers(Second quarter 2005) Intel is going to be hard pressed to top it.