Adding an 8gb stick to 4gb stick will make both sticks work in dual channel mode but only as two 4gb sticks.
2 sticks of ram vs 4.
Ask gn returns to talk about who actually makes nvidia s video cards 2 vs.
The 8 gb of ram offers the possibility for upgrades.
4 ram stick configurations mismatched ram and cpu silicon sizing.
The remaining 4gb of the second stick will work in a single channel.
Get 2 sticks for more expand ability in the future.
I have been hearing some people claim that 4 sticks of ram will offer significantly lower performance than 2.
Particularly for integrated gpus which are memory bandwi.
4 sticks of ram vs 2 sticks of ram which configuration is better.
However 4gb of ram has the possibility of dual channel memory which doubles your memory bandwidth.
Both have advantages and drawbacks.
He asked if it was okay to have four 2gb sticks instead of two 4gb sticks.
Things get even messier when you introduce more memory sticks or modules.
I m not sure if this is true or not i haven t been able to find a credible source regarding this.
Expand ability is preferred.