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Re: comparing 2.5G with 2 DIMMs (2 + 0.5) vs 2G (single DIMM)

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Aijaz Baig <aijazbaig1@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello.

> Can anyone comment on whether it would be better to have a single 2G
> DIMM vs a 2.5G(2 + 0.5G configuration). I personally believe that
> having a mirror configuration delivers the best performance as such
> since the load is equally distributed plus the actual amount of
> maximum memory that can be addressed in a bus cycle is much higher in
> a 2G vs a 0.5G module.

> Please comment on this.It would be nice to understand this.

> Regards,
> Aijaz Baig.

I am not sure you can have a mixed config today with most 
BIOSes....

Arno
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comparing 2.5G with 2 DIMMs (2 + 0.5) vs 2G (single DIMM) Aijaz Baig <aijazbaig1@gmail.com> - 2011-07-24 09:30 -0700
  Re: comparing 2.5G with 2 DIMMs (2 + 0.5) vs 2G (single DIMM) Arno <me@privacy.net> - 2011-07-25 02:57 +0000

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