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RAM Question
I run AE CS5 (as part of Production Premium) and just got a new Mac Pro workstation (5,1 Xeon quad core). The current configuration came with a paltry 3GB of RAM. I already ordered 4x4GB for 16GB but my question is this: is it better to run 12GB in triple channel or 16GB in dual channel? I’ve always heard that more RAM is better (especially with After Effects) but I wanted to hear some opinions.
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I haven’t seen any benchmark showing the difference. If you test it, would you be so kind as to share your results?
In a relatively limited RAM configuration like 12 GB for 4 cores, my hunch is that the extra 4 GB of RAM would outweigh the memory speed hit, but it’s just a guess.
Walter Soyka
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i haven’t seen any real world benchmarks for ae (or any other software) that have shown a performance difference between triple channel vs dual channel, just some of the benchmark apps that fill ram over and over again.
here’s an old benchmark page that does show a benchmark for a scenario that you have — 12gb vs 16gb in a triple channel mac (towards the bottom of the page). the benchmark app shows a difference, but the author notes that he hasn’t seen a difference in real world testing.
https://www.barefeats.com/nehal04.html
Kevin Camp
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Hi,
I found some tests a while back on this site: https://macperformanceguide.com/
that suggest that 3 modules can be better than 4, but they were more geared towards Photoshop than AE.I don’t know whether Apple mention it on their site or not, but some MacPro models will quite happily accept 8Gb memory modules, so 3×8 would give you 24Gb.
Matthew
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