Should I sacrifice Dual Channel Memory?

[kelvin1704]

Ok, currently in my country, the 939 Chipset for AMD is still not here yet (that support Dual Channel).

We only have the 735 or whatever it start with 7... forgot.

Anyway, the 939 chipset would be very expensive anyway...


so your opinion, should I still go for the non dual channel AMD 64 or i just stick with Intel P4 with dual channel memory... or the extra cost for the 939 is worth it....

 

[Mik3y]

just go socket 754 wihtout dual channel. amd without dual channel still beats intel in majority of the benchmarks.

 

[carlosd]

Yeah, wathever Athlon 64 you get, will beat p4. even if it is single channel, I suggest 3200+ or 3400+.

 

[ArmchairAthlete]

Wasn't there an article here on Anand that showed Dual Channel providing very little performance?

 

[dmw16]

Yeah, dual channel is nothing to get excited about. Certainly isn't a good reason to spend the extra cash on a 939 chip.