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    does my asus g1s have 2gb single or dual channel?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by i BoNe ShEeP, Sep 11, 2007.

  1. i BoNe ShEeP

    i BoNe ShEeP Notebook Enthusiast

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    i am looking to upgrade to 4gb but i dont know if i need 2 buy 1 or 2 2gb cards. thanks
     
    i BoNe ShEeP, Sep 11, 2007
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    i BoNe ShEeP Notebook Enthusiast

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    aslo if anybody can mention the manufacturer of the ram that would be great thanks
     
    i BoNe ShEeP, Sep 11, 2007
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  3. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    Well, if the G1S has 1 2G stick you need to buy another. If it has two 1GB sticks you need to buy 2. :)

    Take care though not all new notebook mainboards are able to address 4GB of RAM (unsure about the G1S), and also there are sometimes issues reported when going from 3 to 4GB, like Vista actually decreasing the performance rather than increasing it.
     
    E.B.E., Sep 11, 2007
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  4. KiwiBoy

    KiwiBoy Notebook Consultant

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    The G1s comes with 2x1gb ram. Also it does support 4gb of ram, just that you need to have a 64bit OS to utilize all the ram.
     
    KiwiBoy, Sep 11, 2007
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    Q8PHANTOM Notebook Evangelist

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    Personally i would go with 3 GB then you won't need to get 64 bit OS and you'll be off from problems.
    So you can just get one 2 GB stick and upgrade.
     
    Q8PHANTOM, Sep 11, 2007
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  6. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    I agree to Q8Phantom, currently it's the best option.
     
    E.B.E., Sep 12, 2007
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    but then you lose the advantage of dualchannel-RAM ;)
     
    desert storm, Sep 12, 2007
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    ClearSkies Well no, I'm still here..

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    As I recall, knowledgeable people here have noted in multiple threads that the benefits of dual channel in notebooks do not approach those seen on desktop MBoards, and end up with something less than 1-2% benefit.
     
    ClearSkies, Sep 12, 2007
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    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    Quite true.
     
    E.B.E., Sep 12, 2007
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  10. RangerXML

    RangerXML Army of None [TRH]

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    Shame on you, thats a good 8-14 points in 3DMark'06 :p
     
    RangerXML, Sep 12, 2007
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