I m not sure if this is true or not i haven t been able to find a credible source regarding this.
2 sticks of ram vs 4.
Adding an 8gb stick to 4gb stick will make both sticks work in dual channel mode but only as two 4gb sticks.
4 sticks of ram vs 2 sticks of ram which configuration is better.
4 ram stick configurations mismatched ram and cpu silicon sizing.
Get 2 sticks for more expand ability in the future.
Particularly for integrated gpus which are memory bandwi.
Both have advantages and drawbacks.
I have been hearing some people claim that 4 sticks of ram will offer significantly lower performance than 2.
2 sticks for dual channel can be up to 50 better than 1 stick in single channel but 4 sticks of ram in quad are only 2 4 better than 2 sticks in dual channel.
Expand ability is preferred.
Ask gn returns to talk about who actually makes nvidia s video cards 2 vs.
The remaining 4gb of the second stick will work in a single channel.
Things get even messier when you introduce more memory sticks or modules.
A system populated with more than two single ranked modules will actually act as if dual ranked modules are installed.
He asked if it was okay to have four 2gb sticks instead of two 4gb sticks.