We run CPUz and it tells us that the RAM frequency (speed) is, say, 1066MHz. We are in dual channel mode so we proudly say this RAM is 2133MHz which is how all manufacturers advertise it.
Have we been wrong in this assumption? It would seem so. The frequency in the above example is in fact 1066MHz in single or dual channel mode. The 2133MHz figure is actually MT/s, mega transfers per second, not the true frequency.
I have got this info from this Wiki article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDR3_SDRAM
Have we all been wrong for years about dual channel doubling the RAM frequencies?
Have we been wrong in this assumption? It would seem so. The frequency in the above example is in fact 1066MHz in single or dual channel mode. The 2133MHz figure is actually MT/s, mega transfers per second, not the true frequency.
I have got this info from this Wiki article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDR3_SDRAM
Have we all been wrong for years about dual channel doubling the RAM frequencies?
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