Corsair Memory Testing: 8GB vs 4GB

[Yellowbeard]

Corsair's Gareth Ogden takes a look at how to get the most out of a system by exploiting the advantages of 8GB of RAM.

Corsair Application Note AN902

[Silk_the_Absent1]

Looks good to me, but would you say it's worth it to run 8GB at DDR2-800, vs 4GB at DDR2-1066?

Yes, I am referring to the Phenom II 720 system in my sig. I've been contemplating picking up another set of the memory I have.

-Adam

[Yellowbeard]

It really all depends on your individual usage. Obviously the usage in the article is not the average computer user. If you "need" more than 4GB for what you do, then 8GB at any reasonable speed is going to be beat 4GB at pretty much any speed.

[Silk_the_Absent1]

I've seen it use up virtually all of my memory when I do a large render, though I'm not doing quite as many these days. I don't know, maybe in the winter.

Thanks Yellowbeard.

-Adam