Dell XPS Studio Desktop 8GB Tri-channel DDR3 Question

jswanstr · Oct 15, 2009

FEChariot said: ↑

So I bought the Dell studio XPS with 8GB too and then fumbled over information that made me wonder. I have been searching all over including this forums, talking with Intel tech support, Crucial Tech support and Dell's tech support.

The way it works is there are actually 2 triple channel modes: symmetric and Isometric. Symmetric means all 3 of the modules on a given triad (ie all Dimm 2s in each channel), have the same latency, frequency and capacity. In this mode, all three modules are assessed sequentially. This is triple channel that most are familiar with.

Is there any way to tell if I am running in symmetric or isometric?

yukka · Nov 11, 2009

Anyone have any idea what is the best fastest card to upgrade to from a ATI 4850 that will fit in the standard case? I bought an arctic cooler for the 4850 and there wasnt enough room to install it and every card ive seen recently seems to be dual slot for cooling.

Any fast single slot solutions that fit the original case out there?

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