• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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    8 hours ago

    only 1 stick runs significantly slower

    Eh, I think that’s overhyped. It does matter, but mostly for CPU-bound tasks. If you are CPU bound, you could maybe see 15-20% FPS uplift (quite hype), but if not, it’ll be a lot smaller difference.

    Definitely prefer dual channel over single channel, but IMO it’s not worth buying a new mobo just to get dual channel RAM.

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      7 hours ago

      It can be more than 100% in 1% and .1% lows, which is more important than the 20% avg fps. And 20% is basically a cpu upgrade And since its most likely 8gb SR ddr4 its actually 1 rank vs 2x dual rank which can be a bigger difference. A single DR 16gb stick wouldn’t be as bad.