- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
ok, so i have been perplexed about my ram for a while, and just now i finally remember to ask you computer gurus out here what it means.
i got my new mobo recently, and it supported dual channel ram, right? so i stuck what i could muster in there, which is 2 apparently compatible (it says dual channel enabled on the post screen) ddr266 dimms in. however another thing pops up, along with the dual channel mode enabled message. it says current ram frequency (not sure what words exactly, ill reboot and find out exactly and edit it in my post when i finish writing this) is 133 mhz. what confuses me is does that mean that when you use dual channel ram it halves the ram speed and splits it between 2 dimms? like it runs each dimm at 133 mhz dual channel, making it a theoretical 266 mhz. or does ddr (double data rate i believe) actually mean that it is double its clock speed, and my ram is running at a theoretical 133X2X2(for dual channel)=566 mhz. i really dont know what to say about it, so those of you out there who know how it works, enlighten me.