PCMark05 Results
Longer bars are better
SiSoft Sandra and PCMark05 show that the triple-channel memory has stacks more bandwidth than the dual-channel DDR 2 and also has lower latency, just as we would expect. PCMark05 awarded extra marks for the memory element of the test and was also favourable towards the Core i7 CPU, which was intriguing as the clock speed of the two processors was nearly identical.
SiSoft Sandra Results
Memory Bandwidth
Bandwidth in Gigabytes per second
Longer bars are better
COMMENTS
Ugh!
You did it again, the graphs are completely meaningless.
@Blackadder; no, you get all the memory you buy, so long as you can address it all.
@Tak Omega; there's still time.
@Blackadder
It is just like two channel but three instead.
If you populate slot one of channels one, two and three then you have three GB RAM. If you populate both slots of each channel then you have six GB RAM.
Gaming
I really would like to see the gaming systems tested with this.
I'll give Intel credit for not coming up with a "tri-core" version simply because the chip didn't pass QA.
tri-channel memory
@blackadder
yes, in one sense, rather than one big memory DIMM, you'd want to be fitting three DIMMS to get the advantage of the three channels.
luckily memory is pretty cheap these days! time to buy some shares in a DDR3 manufacturer!
@E
"I wish there was a Sarah Palin icon. I'd use it because she is a monster too!"
Seconded that, but I think it would be more apt if it stood for 'The following post is absolute drivel, I don't know what I'm talking about' - THEN it would be suitable to put Sarah Palin next to it :-)
Or maybe we could have a couple of global warming icons, Palin vs Al Gore or something...
