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Single Channel and Dual Channel Mem

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Name: geoshrad
Date: October 6, 2005 at 19:07:23 Pacific
Subject: Single Channel and Dual Channel Mem
OS: Win 2K
CPU/Ram: p IV 3.0 1024MB

Comment:

What is the differene between Single Channel Mamory and Dual Channel Memory.I it something related to SIMM and DIMM.
I have 2 512 MB RAm By Zion Running at 400Mhz.The bios shows it as Single Channel Memory.Is it possible to make it as Dual channel or make it work faster.
I need to make it faster because ,I Do graphics and Animation.Even when i do rendering the CPU Usage doen not reach 100% ,some CPU resoource is not used,I want to take max Advantage of the CPU.
How can i do that
GEorge Joseph

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Response Number 1

Name: Richard59
Date: October 6, 2005 at 19:56:57 Pacific
Subject: Single Channel and Dual Channel Mem

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There is no technical difference. Dual channel is a function of the motherboard and CPU. Any suitable pair of ram sticks will function if the board/cpu support dual channel. Ram manufacturers market Dual Channel kits and all they are is a pair of matched sticks.
Does your motherboard support dual channel? Is your CPU rated HT? (Hyperthreading) If it isn't then you cannot run dual channel.
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Name: Janos
Date: October 7, 2005 at 02:19:58 Pacific
Subject: Single Channel and Dual Channel Mem

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Can you give us the make and model of your mother board.
From what I can see you have a p4 with 800fsb other wise your ram would not be at 400mhz. If your mother board is a new one you may have the ram / slot configuration wrong.
I would also suggest upgrading to XP Pro and seting up a raid 0 array. This is a optimal setup for doing heavy graphics and rendering work.
I suspect your bottle neck is not the cpu, but more ram, graphics card, os , and hard drive related.
A full list fo your hardware would help us out.
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AMD X64 3500+ Wnchst
Corsair 2x512 DDR400 Dual Channel
GV-NX6600128D PCIX Graphics Card
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