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juusan · Feb 7, 2006, 11:04 AM

now that people have had their intel duo core imacs for a while, the memory upgrades are starting to roll in from crucial. has anyone noticed a marked increase or difference in performance between machines that had their ram upgraded in pairs (two identical sticks = 1gb) or a single stick in the same amount?

how about mismatched pairs?

also, anyone selling their 512 stick after upgrading?

mduell · Feb 7, 2006, 11:19 AM

If what you're doing is memory intensive, then you'll see a boost from matching sticks and using dual channel; if it's not, you probably won't.

kugino · Feb 7, 2006, 11:29 AM

when my GB ram stick comes in, i may be selling my 512 stick...

Weezer · Feb 7, 2006, 01:13 PM

http://forums.macnn.com/65/mac-desktops/284236/does-current-imac-pre-intel-have/

ciparis · Feb 7, 2006, 03:31 PM

Originally Posted by juusan

also, anyone selling their 512 stick after upgrading?

My 512MB stick is on Craigslist.

http://www.craigslist.org/nby/sys/131744820.html

PM if you'd like it

I have two available (the original that came from the machine, and the Apple 512MB stick that I purchased before I upgraded to two 1GB sticks).