Darkvette

I've seen a lot floating around the internet about Ganged and Unganged modes for PC RAM. I don't think I'm the only one that has questions about it, but being that info on it is scarce, I thought I would start a thread so that others could post info about it (Unfortunately I don't know a whole lot about it, so that's another reason too )

What is Ganged Mode?

What is Unganged Mode?

Which Mode is Better?

What exactly does it do?

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Darkvette

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danewfie

It is amd's version of Nvidia's Locked vs unlocked architecture.

basically allowing you to use your ram in dual channel vs single channel.

Ganged = dual channel mode for ram. All cores get access to 100% of the ram.

unganged = single channel. Each core gets access to a stick of ram.

In theory, the unganged mode is better as each core will get access to data quicker. In theory.

Some limitations apply... and i dont know muchelse.

Edit: sorry, it also alows you to control the clocks indipendantly from eachother.

Darkvette

Good deal. Thank you for the answer . I'll have to play around with it. Might have to wait until I get 4 stix of RAM to be able to use it properly with my Phenom.

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Darkvette

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"When in doubt, overclock!! If that doesn't work, overclock some more!! If all else fails throw it out the window and be done with it!!" - Anon.

"Sometimes you just feel tired, you feel weak and when you feel weak, you feel like you just wanna give up. But you gotta search within you. You gotta find that inner strength and just pull that s--- outta you and get that motivation to not give up and not be a quitter, no matter how bad you just wanna fall flat on your face." - Eminem

Xx_xBLADEx_xX

Is this an option in the bios, or do I just stick one stick in slot 1 and the other in slot 2. I have 4 Gigs. 2 x 2gig SLi sticks. Never heard of this. Good question darkvette

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Xx_xBLADEx_xX

I might be wrong but I think this only applies to the Phenoms so I think I'm out of the equation.

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By-Tor

I know its an option in the bios of my MB, but not sure if it only works with Quads.

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gsk3rd

so having four cores will i need four sticks of ram? I currently have 2x2gb sticks.

winginit

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think you need four sticks.... I believe it also works with two.

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Darkvette

It will work with only 2. I was running 2 stix of Crucial Ballistix with a 9850BE before one of the stix went up on me. But, yes - It will work with only 2 sticks. 4 work better though, especially if it's 4x2GB - 8GB???

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Darkvette

3DMark06 = 14218

"When in doubt, overclock!! If that doesn't work, overclock some more!! If all else fails throw it out the window and be done with it!!" - Anon.

"Sometimes you just feel tired, you feel weak and when you feel weak, you feel like you just wanna give up. But you gotta search within you. You gotta find that inner strength and just pull that s--- outta you and get that motivation to not give up and not be a quitter, no matter how bad you just wanna fall flat on your face." - Eminem

OpticWaves

I've heard from a few people that having 8G of ram will result in slower performance, although there is more ram? Is this true?