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    Dual Channel RAM boosts game performance X4500 by as much as 46%?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Phil, Aug 18, 2009.

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    I'm just wondering if this is accurate:

     
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    Can see 'winsat dwm' (or Win7 WEI Desktop score) difference between X3100 in single and dual channel configurations here. Single channel RAM timings operates at 65% the of a dual channel setup. We can extend the same performance analysis to X4500.
     
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    So would this help non DXVA accelerated H264 playback on X4500?

    Right now it's giving about 80-100% CPU load with DXVA disabled. With DXVA enabled it causes less CPU load but bad image quality.
     
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    Depends where the bottleneck is. Dual-channel RAM will help make the video rendering faster and your system RAM access will be faster too. If the CPU is struggling to do the processing then need a faster CPU, either by overclocking or upgrading to something faster. Maybe better drivers or playback software can help with the image quality with DVXA enabled?
     
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