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07-30-2004, 04:36 PM
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True Techie Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 136
|  quick ram question
aight guys quick question bout this ram...is it single channel or dual channel... http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...144-305&depa=0
cause i got a stick of it thinking it was single channel 512 mb stick but for some reason the gigabyte mobo is registering it at 256
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07-30-2004, 04:49 PM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,432
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You can run any RAM DIMM's dual channel as long as they are identical DIMM's(brand, size, speed) and if your mobo supports it.....
If you bought only 1 stick, you obviously can't run it dual channel  As for why it is only 256mb I dunno 
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07-30-2004, 04:51 PM
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so even tho that ram says its 512 mb on new egg its really 256?
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07-30-2004, 04:53 PM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,432
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No, it should still be 512mb, how are you telling that its only 256mb?
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07-30-2004, 04:58 PM
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Merlin,
Ran a test on this site and also downloaded a Memory tester and got the same result off both http://www.pcpitstop.com/
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07-30-2004, 05:01 PM
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True Techie Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 136
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O ya not to mention the fact that my Battlefield Vietnam loads slow as cr@p
and im running a AMD 64-bit 3400, geforce 6800, (the stick i thought was 512mb ram) on a 120 gb SATA hd...so personally i think that vietnam should load fast...very fast....just my opinion tho
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GeForce 6800 GT 256Mb W/ Arctic Cooling
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Raidmax Cobra Case Blue
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07-30-2004, 05:53 PM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,432
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Have you gone into Control Panel, then System and seen what it reads?
If its still 256mb, then check the packaging, does it say 512mb?
Maybe its a manufactor mixup or something Newegg did?
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07-30-2004, 05:55 PM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 1,350
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how much ram does it show in... controle panel/system... or start/run [dxdiag]??
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07-30-2004, 09:08 PM
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yeah you'd have to have 2 of the same to run dual channel
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