blackranger
Technical User
I recently talked to a sales guy at ibuypower.com.(internet computer building company) I wanted to know why they don't offer any options in their custom built "gaming" laptops for more RAM than 2GB. There are a ton of other laptops out there that offer 3GB or even 4GB of RAM. He said that Vista 64 bit doesn't have any drivers out yet and that's why they don't use 4GB, and he said that when you run 3GB in dual channel you will be unstable and your pc will run slower than if you were just running 2GB RAM dual channel.
When I asked him why other people are doing it, he said that it is just advertising to draw people in and that they probably disable dual channel before they sell the computer to people.????
What am I missing about how dual channel works and if he has a point, why are big name manufacturers selling their high power laptops with 3GB or 3.5GB (that's 4GB in 32bit Vista minus the 512mb video card) like there's no problem? Alienware and Dell XPS have laptops with 3 and 3.5 RAM.
Any insight would be appreciated...
When I asked him why other people are doing it, he said that it is just advertising to draw people in and that they probably disable dual channel before they sell the computer to people.????
What am I missing about how dual channel works and if he has a point, why are big name manufacturers selling their high power laptops with 3GB or 3.5GB (that's 4GB in 32bit Vista minus the 512mb video card) like there's no problem? Alienware and Dell XPS have laptops with 3 and 3.5 RAM.
Any insight would be appreciated...