On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 01:50:01PM -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 09:52:13AM -0800, Freddie Cash wrote: > > Depending on the motherboard chipset, AMD64-based systems can have up to > > 64 GB of RAM (that's the highest I've seen so far, in theory it can > > address a lot more than that). This is highly chipset-dependent, though, > > and you'll find that only the highest-end server boards can do this. > > Low-end server and workstation boards tend to handle up to 16 GB of RAM, > > and desktop boards tend to only support 8 GB. The type of RAM varies as > > well (unbuffered ECC RAM, buffered ECC RAM, non-ECC RAM, etc), and > > depends on the socket (939, 940, AM2). > > It is actually not at all chipset dependant. After all the AMDs have > the memory controller built in to the CPU. So it is CPU type dependant, > along with limited by the number of slots the mainboard happens to have.
Does this mean that when 4 GB sticks come out I can have 16 GB on my Athlon 3800+? > > > Get a Socket AM2 motherboard that can handle up to 16 GB of RAM. > > Preferably a dual-socket board if you can afford it. That way, you can > > start with a single-core Athlon64, move to dual-Athlon64s, to dual-core > > Athlon64 X2s, without changing motherboards. Go from 1 to 4 to possibly > > 8 cores all with the same mobo. :) > > So far most AM2 boards I have seen can take 8GB (4 x 2GB). Any dual > socket board should allow 16GB (2 cpus x 4 x 2GB). > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
