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3 Slots are Faster Than 4! - Harbourmaster - 03-12-2009
At least that's what the preliminary data suggests...
Latest test's on Memory in the "New" MacPro seems to verify that max performance is achieved by filling only 3 of the 4 slots in each memory bank!
http://www.barefeats.com/nehal04.html
They work in 3s. - RAMd®d - 03-12-2009
I heard that on one of the latest TWiTs or MacBreak Weeklys.
Instead of upgrading in pairs, the best performance (interleaving?) is done in triples.
Re: 3 Slots are Faster Than 4! - timg - 03-12-2009
So, now we have independent confirmation that the Quad core box is crippled by having only 4 slots.