Quote Originally Posted by Forward Observer
I was wondering if that statement was really true or just is this just marketing BS to try to get me to go ahead and pop for an additional 1 gig stick.
Dual channel memory is not marketing BS. I don't know what the current situation is, but back before the Civil War when it was introduced, it made something like a 15% difference in system speed. Some motherboards will ignore the RAM unless it has a matched pair these days.

It's for real.