DDR3 Tri better than DDR3 dual ?

[Cliotoby]

Obviously, it is. I went with an i5 750 and 8Gb of DDR3 Dual channel ram with the system i have now.

Thinking of the next upgrade move towards the end of the year already (If the games like Crysis 2 give this system a serious run for its money) and im beginning to wonder if there will actually be much of a difference between DDR3 Dual and Tri. Is there?

Or should i just upgrade my 5870 and make do with the components.

 

[Darren S]

Might be of some use, m8....

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/triple-channel-ddr3-i7,2128.html

I've got triple channel stuff with my current i7. But I had a first-gen quad-core Phenom before running DDR2, so I can't really compare!

D.

 

[Cookie]

I'm still running DDR2 on a Q6600

Feels fiiiiiiiiiiine

 

[rogueneo]

1 extra channel wont improve gaming performance dramatically. but wil increase performance on multimedia apps and CAD apps. but even so not worth the outlay.

 

[ptfuzi]

it can decrease game loading time.. but no big diff..

 

[Griff]

The i5/i7 range of cpu's which use P55/H55 chipsets (LGA1156) only support dual channel architecture. You can't just stick triple channel memory in there, on the misguided assumption "Tri" must be better than "Dual", and expect it to work.

 

[H182]

As said for gaming there little if not no difference.