Never said it dictated. I'm sure I read somewhere that Athlon64's are capable of dual channel.(Maybe something to do with having an on die memory controller?). Can't quite remember,maybe it was on this site somewhere? Tt Lanfire nf7-s v2.0 XP-m 2500@200x11 SP 97 1GB pc3200 Jou Jye 550w psu FX5600 WDCaviar 60gb Seagate Barracuda 80gb ;~}

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the barton cpu is perfectly capable of running in a system with dual channel ram as is the A64 but... the barton core is limited by a 400mhz fsb therefor using ram in dual channel mode yields little or no performance increase that said, the A64 is built differently, in such a way that dual channel mode ram does yield performance increase i cant really tell you why any of this which i say about the A64s is true, i just know that it is also, keep in mind that an A64 3200 will outperform a barton 3200 by a lot as well as a P4 going 3.2ghz what is painfully obvious to one person might be just painful to the other

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'Also I think the 64 system is capable of dual channel?The barton is not.' Oops I know the barton is capable but like you say 'limited' That was what I meant to say. Tt Lanfire nf7-s v2.0 XP-m 2500@200x11 SP 97 1GB pc3200 Jou Jye 550w psu FX5600 WDCaviar 60gb Seagate Barracuda 80gb ;~}

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Socket 754 does not have dual channel. The 939 and 940 have dual channel. The article listed above ID the non-existence of performance increase.

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i shouldve read before i piped off, lazyman i remember reading in this forum that the reason why dual channel doesnt help is becuase of the fsb, but you say its becuase the barton doesnt have that extra pin which the socket 939and 940 A64s have allowing more bandwidth? the only thing im worrying about now, is that crappy ram bandwidth im getting with my 2500barton and pc3200 i really need to get a better graphics card ;) too, i can barely play bf1942 on 1024 768 on full settings ^(-.-)~~~]>:}>

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There is no such thing as "future-proof"...it seems to be a new catch phrase making the rounds though. Basically, a "future-proof" setup would be comprised of leading edge technology...DDR2, PCI express, etc. You're gonna pay thru the nose to get it now...in a year it'll be mainstream (cheaper)...& in 2 years, you'll be looking to build another "future-proof" system...lol

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I got my NF7-S and XP2600 mobile a month or 2 ago. Overclocked it to 2.55ghz right out of the box. It's comparable to an A64 at 2.0-2.2ghz in gaming benchmarks and whatnot. And it was like 150 bucks cheaper. Wait for the upgrade to A64 til atleast end of this year. Nforce4 chipset is coming sept-dec. and it will include stuff like PCI-Express to existing A64 cpu's. As far as S939 vs S754, the cost concious thing to do is get a S754 and spend the extra cash on a nice video card, cuz thats where it really matters. The difference between single channel and dual channel in gaming is very little. Just get a clawhammer S754 A64 with 1mb L2 cache, like the A64 3000 later on.

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Oh Jam! Thank you for your words of wisdom. Rest a sured, people will sleep better tonight all over the world after reading your post about future proof, I didn't say anything was future proof, what I said was technology hasn't caught up yet to the 64 bit platform which in turn makes it a bit more advanced there for will not become outdated quite so quickly. But I do however most enjoy reading your snappy words of wisdom and that NOBODY knows like Jam knows!!! AMD 3200 A7N8X-Deluxe 1 Gig Corsair Swiftech Liquid Cooled 9700 Pro

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