Are you running 4 GB?!

With the recent AMD price dump I am planning to give my old Diamond some more umph with a x2 4600+ and some more memory.
After reading several posts in here I am a hesitant to go for 4 GB. I have XP-64 so I should be able to see all the memory. But according to the posts it is a bit fifty-fifty if there will be an performance penalty with all 4 banks filled; DDR400->DDR333, 1T->2T etc
Some posts states that the modules have to be single sided; but I have found nothing else on the net that backs that statement.
And besides looking at the different manufactorers pages I can't find this information!!
Been looking at:
Corsair TWINX2048-3500LLPRO
Corsair TWINX2048-4000PT
So I need advice...
Are you running 4 GB? at what speeds? which memory?
Thanks

Quote from: Richard on 28-July-06, 03:09:35
Jan,
Let me say again, and this is a proven fact:
Adding more RAM when you comp is not using the RAM you currently has, does 0 for performance and in some cases slow the comp down.
Take Care,
Richard
Very true...
I seem to remember reading somewhere that BF2's "sweet spot" was at 2GB anyway. Any more, as Richard & others said, seriously impacts performance due to the memory controller limitation when all slots are occupied - that's an AMD thing, not mobo related.
Allegedly it IS possible to run 4GB at rated speed but you need single sided RAM to do it - but when's the last time you saw a single sided 1GB RAM stick?
You can always see if you need that extra RAM for anything else by observing the page file usage under the "Performance" tab in Task Manager while you're doing whatever. If it exceeds the amount of installed RAM, then the extra expense my be worth it in your case.

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