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    Studio 1555 with two different RAM sticks?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by tipoo, Apr 13, 2012.

  1. tipoo

    tipoo Notebook Evangelist

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    Can I use unevenly paired RAM sticks in my 1555, or would that turn off dual channel memory? Say if I got a 4GB stick of RAM for 6GB total, same speed. If it does turn off dual channel, how big an impact does that make on Core 2 Duo processors?

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    tipoo, Apr 13, 2012
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Dual-channel has little performance impact on everyday tasks. If you are gaming on an IGP, you might notice higher frame rates. Dual-channel will not be disabled if you have two RAM sticks of different size.
     
    Commander Wolf, Apr 13, 2012
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  3. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Dual channel performance is a marketing gig, it makes no real world performance differences.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Apr 13, 2012
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