I currently have two 2GB chips and one 4GB chip. I was told since my iMac supports dual channel RAM I am not seeing the performance I should. I was told to either replace the 4GB with two 2GB or get another 4GB to complete the dual channel. Is there any merit to this suggestion? Will I see a good performance jump if I add another 4GB chip?
thanks!
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7), 27'
Performance is not dictated by RAM alone, its a combination of many items. iMacs work best with matched pairs of RAM, I would recommend adding an additional 4GB DIMM however that is up to you. If you feel the computer is not using RAM well then use Activity Monitor to manage the RAM use. I would start by learning how to use AM in Activity Monitor to read System Memory and determine how much RAM is being used
Performance is not dictated by RAM alone, its a combination of many items. iMacs work best with matched pairs of RAM, I would recommend adding an additional 4GB DIMM however that is up to you. If you feel the computer is not using RAM well then use Activity Monitor to manage the RAM use. I would start by learning how to use AM in Activity Monitor to read System Memory and determine how much RAM is being used
you can read about the difference here same deal with windows and osx as it's a hardware thing
http://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/1349-ram-how-dual-channel-works-vs-single-chan nel
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Thanks for the reply. What kind of performance boost would I receive from this? Would it be noticeable?
thanks!
ltaroli wrote:
Thanks for the reply. What kind of performance boost would I receive from this? Would it be noticeable?
thanks!
It may be, but we have no idea of your habits so it's difficult to say. Installing RAM cannot hurt but if you have plenty now then you not see any difference in performance.
iMac RAM Upgrade (Does dual channel make a difference)
