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Old 10-13-2009, 09:21 PM
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Mixing RAM sizes
I've just ordered (and its been shipped) 2 2gb sticks of DDR2 RAM. I have 2 1gb sticks in my rig ATM. Same manufacturer, same CAS, same speed, same everything. Is it a bad thing to stick the 2 2gb sticks in with the 2 1gb?
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Even if you can. there's no point in putting in any more than 4GB.
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Unless you have an OS capable of recognizing and utilizing more than 4GB that is. For example, I remember reading about people on the Ubuntu support forums say they were running the 64-bit variation of Ubuntu and running anywhere from 4 to 8 gigs of RAM in their system.
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I'm pretty sure you will need a 64-bit platform to utilize more than 4GB of RAM. Even if it's recognized by the system, it might not have much of an impact since it's really the software that needs to be optimized for RAM usage.
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I'm pretty sure you will need a 64-bit platform to utilize more than 4GB of RAM. Even if it's recognized by the system, it might not have much of an impact since it's really the software that needs to be optimized for RAM usage.
You are right on this before i switched to 64-bit W7 my system only recognized 3.3Gb or well only used that much of my ram.
now on this system its fully uttilizing the 6gb ram i have in it.
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To directly answer the question: Yes, if you have a dual channel system and you are running a pair of x and a pair of y and they are the same timing and speeds, then they will all work together.

However, as others have already pointed out, unless you have a 64-bit OS you won't be able to exceed 4 gig, and in most cases you won't even have the full 4 gig. (You'll get somewhere between 3.2 and 3.6.)
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