First post, by bakemono
I always assumed that running a matched pair of DIMMs for the dual-channel support would be faster. But I never investigated it until now. Since I got another pair of DIMMs and one of them turned out to be defective, I decided to run a few benchmarks. The result is essentially no difference, on this AMD DDR2 platform. CPU is an Athlon II X2 280...
single-channel, one DIMM (5-5-5-15-24, 2T)
cinebench 11.5 - 1.90
3dmark01 car chase - 484fps low detail, 140fps high detail
3dmark06 cpu test - 2990
MEMSPD - 4040MB/sec
dual-channel, two DIMMs, unganged
cinebench 11.5 - 1.90
3dmark01 car chase - 496fps low detail, 143fps high detail
3dmark06 cpu test - 3011
MEMSPD - 3870MB/sec
dual-channel, two DIMMs, ganged
cinebench 11.5 - 1.90
3dmark01 car chase - 486fps low detail, 142fps high detail
3dmark06 cpu test - 3004
MEMSPD - 4060MB/sec
three DIMMs (5-5-5-18-24, 2T)
3dmark01 car chase - 483fps low detail, 143fps high detail
MEMSPD - 3870MB/sec
again another retro game on itch: https://90soft90.itch.io/shmup-salad