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Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 1:19 pm
by janila
I discussed with one of the local computer dealers about the amount of memory and he said that 1,5 gigs with three indentical 512 meg dimms isn't a good amount because dual channel support requires indentical dimms in pairs. He also assumed that a pair of 512 megs and a pair of 256 megs won't do the trick.
How does this thing work? If I get 1 gig (a pair of indentical DDR-400 dimms) of ram I won't be able to use my Drumkit From Hell Superior the way I was intending. Does the sufficient 1,5 gig of ram mean inferior overall performance? 2 gigs seems a bit too much for my budget.
Will dimms from different manufacturers work as dual channel memory? Will I run into trouble if I buy 1 gig and want to add another gig later or if I buy 1,5 gigs and add the fourth dimm later?
A bonus question: does it matter whether I choose IDE or SATA drives with a Intel D875PBZ board? Will either way affect PCI performance? I will be using 1 Pulsar, 1 Pulsar2 and a UAD-1, maybe add a Powercore Element later.
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Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 4:15 pm
by AndreD
Hi,
yes, you will need identical ram. (with serial-number)
some time ago, I bought one 512 MB module and a 2nd module 2 weeks later (same producer, same type)
it was <b>not</b> compatible!
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 4:27 pm
by AndreD
by the way, logic (pc) doas not work proper with more than 1 gb ram!
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 6:22 pm
by samplaire
This reminds me of
the Bassdude thread 
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 4:01 am
by AndreD
??
dual ram is <b>really</b> sensitive ralated to the ram parity!!!!
just make a check with memtest86..
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 4:44 am
by Micha
and check if the board is tested with the pair of dimms you want to buy. I think best is to buy one pair and add another one later. Both SATA and IDE are separated from PCI in the 875 chipset.
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 5:13 am
by AndreD
..there is some backup-software that has problems with sata..
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 10:19 am
by janila
So I'm safe with buying a pair of identical dimms and if I need another pair even another brand will work as long as the pairs are identical?
How much RAM do you concider enough in heavy DAW use? I have a Powerbook which I use as software sampler and synthesizer, so the PC is just doing the mix. I'm using Cubase SX (currently 1.06, updating soon to SX2) under XP.
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 12:08 pm
by AndreD
On 2004-07-22 11:19, janila wrote:
So I'm safe with buying a pair of identical dimms and if I need another pair even another brand will work as long as the pairs are identical?
Yes!
1 GB is good for the beginning
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 3:26 pm
by maakbow
On 2004-07-19 17:27, AndreD wrote:
by the way, logic (pc) doas not work proper with more than 1 gb ram!
This is not the case.... for me at least.
I have tested several machines with 2 gigs of dual channel ddr 400 without any problem
Maak
Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 5:50 am
by AndreD
On 2004-07-22 16:26, maakbow wrote:
On 2004-07-19 17:27, AndreD wrote:
by the way, logic (pc) doas not work proper with more than 1 gb ram!
This is not the case.... for me at least.
I have tested several machines with 2 gigs of dual channel ddr 400 without any problem
Maak
what have you tested?
to load some athmospheres, some virtual guitarrists and a lot of exs24?
have you ever got a message like "not enough memory" while saving the project or merging audio-tracks?
i don´t think so
this problem is gets worser if there are 2GB of ram in use! (PC ONLY!)
best,
andre
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Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 12:02 pm
by cleanbluesky
In some instances Drumkit from Hell Superior can take up as much ram as you can shove in your machine and then some (unless you are running a high-end server) because of all the multi-sampling. IF you work in 96k then DOUBLE your RAM requirements as you will need to re-pitch the drums for them to sound good. I have 1.5 gig in my comp and it can run into problems on medium-size kits. I cannot pre-load large kits.
Having said that, DFHS is THE BEST, so its worth the trouble.
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 4:39 pm
by maakbow
[quote]
what have you tested?
to load some athmospheres, some virtual guitarrists and a lot of exs24?
[quote]
Yes similar situations loads of exs 24's virtual guitarists but use plenty of hungry rev plugs...i have never had {not enough memory} error
latest machine [d875pbz] 2 gig geil [average quality ram CL 2.5]
previous machine [p4c8ooe delux] 2 gig twinmos ram shows some instability issues [maybe ram related] but no error messages
mAAK
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 7:04 pm
by hubird
.......... 'Hi, my name is Honecker and I would definitely prefer DDR RAM'