i am looking to upgrade my computer, and, while searching for a memory upgrade, i found a product, in the same package, with 2 memory cards each of 512, (but the product's name was 1gb memory...) and it was a lot more expensive than a single 1 gb ddram.
why? what is the difference?
ps. when i bought my pc, it was with 2 x 512 ddram memory cards.
2007-07-16 23:58:51 · 5 answers · asked by Toaster o' Death 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
Advantage: Motherboards can often read and write to memory faster if split across multiple slots.
Disadvantage: Less room for expansion later.
If the price different want that great, the speeds of the two types of memory are likely to be different.
2007-07-17 00:03:53 · answer #1 · answered by David D 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is not less room for expansion later. You just replace the two 512 with a single 1gb stick, and you have the extra space you want when the time comes for an upgrade.
Maybe you wanna let us check out the products for you to see if theres a difference. We're not pyschic ;)
2007-07-17 00:13:24 · answer #2 · answered by Blimey! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah definitely if there r 2 banks of memory sticks.The performance can be significantly better since data is parallely fetched from the 2 sticks which is faster than getting the same amt of data from a single memory stick.
2007-07-17 00:04:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's exactly the same. Just buy any brand 512, just check pins, compatability.
2007-07-17 00:05:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
YES, but only if your motherboard is capable of running memory on dual channel mode.
2007-07-17 00:30:58 · answer #5 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋