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High Density ram, I've found, is much cheaper than low density but it has compatibility issues. Now I could have 2 gigs of memory in my PC for less than $50 if my system will support High Density memory but I've had no luck in finding this, can somebody here tell me (for sure) if it will?
Motherboard: Gigabyte K8NS-Pro Socket 754
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2.2ghz
RAM Type: PC2100, 2700, or 3200 DDR supported, 1gb/slot max, 3 slots


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I've never heard of high-density/low-density RAM O.o


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Default Re: Does my system support High Density ram?

This should explain it: DDR SDRAM - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


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Default Re: Does my system support High Density ram?

Oh, well, depends what size, if you have a 2Gbs chip, it'll be high density, if it's 512Mbs, it'll be low density, but you can't buy High or Low density RAM, you don't really have a choice, manufacturers always go with the cheapest/best option though, and yes, all motherboards support high/low density RAM, provided the module type is one supported by your motherboard, i.e. PC3200, PC6400,...


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Default Re: Does my system support High Density ram?

I'm sorry but that's incorrect. High Density memory refers to the way the chips are set up, for example, a High Density 1gb stick will be expressed as 128x4 while a Low Density stick will be 64x8. It's been said that High Density ram is supported by only 1 out of 4 modern motherboards, I want to know if mine is one of them.
The term has nothing to do with the size of the stick


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Default Re: Does my system support High Density ram?

Well yes it does, I think you'd be hard pressed to make a 2Gbs stick with only 32mbs chips

I don't know where you found the information that only some motherboards handle high density ram, all it is is bigger/smaller chips on the module


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