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How much will 1gig of RAM help a computer?
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<blockquote data-quote="Kyomii" data-source="post: 329709" data-attributes="member: 7328"><p>Dual channel is actually a motherboard capability meaning that there are two ram pipelines to the cpu to try and help the bottleneck caused by the system bus. </p><p></p><p>To get dual channel to work you have to have a matched pair of what ever ram you intend to use, it has to be an exact match.</p><p></p><p>Of course, the motherboard has to be dual channel capable in the first place, and I am not sure about the Mac Pro, although I would imagine it is.</p><p></p><p>If you want to upgrade to one GB, you need to purchase 2 identicle 512MB sticks of compatible memory and take any other memory out.</p><p></p><p>You will notice an increase in performance, but this tends to be subjective being dependant on what apps you are running at the time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kyomii, post: 329709, member: 7328"] Dual channel is actually a motherboard capability meaning that there are two ram pipelines to the cpu to try and help the bottleneck caused by the system bus. To get dual channel to work you have to have a matched pair of what ever ram you intend to use, it has to be an exact match. Of course, the motherboard has to be dual channel capable in the first place, and I am not sure about the Mac Pro, although I would imagine it is. If you want to upgrade to one GB, you need to purchase 2 identicle 512MB sticks of compatible memory and take any other memory out. You will notice an increase in performance, but this tends to be subjective being dependant on what apps you are running at the time. [/QUOTE]
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