1GB vs 2GB Performance in Benchmarks?
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1GB vs 2GB Performance in Benchmarks?
Particularly in 3Dmark and PCMark. I'm curious if it offers any benefit. Folders charm in as well. I don't care that it helps in vista. Because frankly, I doubt I'll ever use Aero
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well i'll be on campus for the next couple hours have a late night chem test and i'll probably wait till my fx-60 gets here then i'll just boot it up with 1gig and test then i'll pop in the other gig and test. since ill have to clean up my case and get all the dust out of it too. maybe rearrange fans and such since my airflow is awkward.
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heres the first part with 2gig (4x512mb) on my 4000+ i'll reboot with 1gig and try it later more likely tommarow night.
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and thats the link to my photobucket host if you want to see other individual tests of read/write/latency vs other configurations.
Photobucket
and thats the link to my photobucket host if you want to see other individual tests of read/write/latency vs other configurations.
I have a 2gb kit in my system - it is just Geil, so it is slow
An awesome person sent me out a FAST 1 gb kit that i should get sometime soon ;) Then I can try with both.
Might run that today for you - I hate doing screenshots..lol
Mike
An awesome person sent me out a FAST 1 gb kit that i should get sometime soon ;) Then I can try with both.
Might run that today for you - I hate doing screenshots..lol
Mike
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well the results for me are in, not counting pcmark because It wouldn't' install on x64 version of windows xp or maybe that was aquamark but either way I don't have either one of them wouldn't' and the other had an error I got bored trying to fix when installing.
I see almost no difference that couldn't be seen for each time you run a benchmark the deviation. I see nearly identical scores for 1 gig and 2gig ( that is 2x512 and 4x512) on my athlon 64 4000+.
I actually between the example pictures saw higher scores for 1 gig than 2gig by a negligible amount. I have seen higher scores for 05 and 06 than the pictures show i have numbers written down but they aren't much higher than the 1 gig.
I only seem to notice the difference in some applications and battlefield series games where they are ram whores.
I see almost no difference that couldn't be seen for each time you run a benchmark the deviation. I see nearly identical scores for 1 gig and 2gig ( that is 2x512 and 4x512) on my athlon 64 4000+.
I actually between the example pictures saw higher scores for 1 gig than 2gig by a negligible amount. I have seen higher scores for 05 and 06 than the pictures show i have numbers written down but they aren't much higher than the 1 gig.
I only seem to notice the difference in some applications and battlefield series games where they are ram whores.
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It was always my understanding that it depends on your RAM usage.
For example, if you are using less than 1GB, it will run the same on both the 1GB, and 2GB setup. However, if you are using over 1GB of RAM it will run faster on the 2GB setup because the 1GB setup is now using the swap file, which is obviously a lot slower.
This is why I think there is no reason to buy 2GB if you are not going to use it. If you plan to use Vista though, you should go with 2GB.
For example, if you are using less than 1GB, it will run the same on both the 1GB, and 2GB setup. However, if you are using over 1GB of RAM it will run faster on the 2GB setup because the 1GB setup is now using the swap file, which is obviously a lot slower.
This is why I think there is no reason to buy 2GB if you are not going to use it. If you plan to use Vista though, you should go with 2GB.
Ok was trying to test my computer, but pcmark always fails I dunno why, but it does.
3dmark runs fine, but the system meory doesnt have any bearing on mine with my crappy video card
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oh I sent 3dmark results to that becnhmarking site, but I dunno if they ever showed up, or if I have the right thing down for the card..*sigh*
3dmark runs fine, but the system meory doesnt have any bearing on mine with my crappy video card
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oh I sent 3dmark results to that becnhmarking site, but I dunno if they ever showed up, or if I have the right thing down for the card..*sigh*
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As long as the voltages match up then it should. All of your RAM will run at the timings of the slowest RAM, so it's best you match that as well. If you are putting in 2 1gb modules then make sure the same-size RAM gets the same channels, usually it's color coded correctly for ya.
Nice benchmark info there Apoptosis! Interesting on both RAM/driver update counts... which OS and card, and are those the average scores??
Nice benchmark info there Apoptosis! Interesting on both RAM/driver update counts... which OS and card, and are those the average scores??
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