adding another stick of 2GB ram to your win7 machine will most likely solve this slow-switching thing you are dealing with...

If you have 1 stick of 2GB, try getting an identical one and you'll get ganged mode as a bonus 😉

Depending on your chipset (whether it really can accomodate 128-bit Ganged mode will yield worse performance). This is specially true for some AMD/Ati chipsets like mine (790FX+SB600).

It's better to do some testing before and after.

eL_PuSHeR wrote:

Depending on your chipset (whether it really can accomodate 128-bit Ganged mode will yield worse performance). This is specially true for some AMD/Ati chipsets like mine (790FX+SB600).

It's better to do some testing before and after.

It is?
Well atleast when testing my AM3, ganged mode increased performance in no way whatsoever! 😁 But no decrease either hehe

Tetrium wrote:

eL_PuSHeR wrote:

Depending on your chipset (whether it really can accomodate 128-bit Ganged mode will yield worse performance). This is specially true for some AMD/Ati chipsets like mine (790FX+SB600).

It's better to do some testing before and after.

It is?
Well atleast when testing my AM3, ganged mode increased performance in no way whatsoever! 😁 But no decrease either hehe

Just like i never notice any difference between dual and triple channel memory on my Core i7 PC.

My bios advises against setting ganged mode. If you cannot feel any performance decrease leave it enabled. I guess 128 bit bandwidth is better.

It might help when reloading maps for online gameplay or something.
I noticed loading a multiplayer map the 2nd time is MUCH faster then the 1st time.

If you're only using one stick of RAM in a motherboard that supports dual channel then you lose the additional benefit of running in dual channel mode. It's the same with any odd number of memory sticks. You should install in pairs when using dual channel memory and in threes when using an Intel i7 because they support triple channel.

keropi wrote:

adding another stick of 2GB ram to your win7 machine will most likely solve this slow-switching thing you are dealing with...

yep, now put in 2x2gb and it's much better now. the bios says unganged gives better performance so i'm leaving it at that.

Yeah, should install at least 4GB memory in at least Dual Channel mode, especially in a 64-bit environment.

Though not obvious in the beginning, at heavier load or after prolonged continuous use, the dual channel may help in the performance of moving the data.