RAM Performance?

[dc81]

On a T42 notebook with DDR RAM, do you get better performance if both slots are the same size? (2x512mb)? I was ordering a thinkpad with the min of 256mb, then I was going to add 1-gig chip. But I wanted to know if there would be better performance with 2-512mb chips.

[slagmi]

I do not believe that system supports dual-channel mode, so no difference.

Even if it did I don't think the difference would be noticable becasuse of the FSB speed in question.

[padpad]

The answer is yes!

You'll enjoy the advantage of big ram!

Suppose you use an application which is a big ram consumer, it'll employ your HDD as virtual mem if it's not satisfied. And you know the difference between HDD & ram speed...

[whizkid]

The answer is no. Having both sticks the same size will NOT improve performance of the memory.