Since you brought it up...this isn't true. A computer doesn't have to "sift through" memory to access a memory location. It uses the address and goes directly there. As an analogy: The fact that there are millions of websites doesn't slow you down in typing www.google.com does it? No, b/c you know the address. Can you post a link to some of the "countless benchmarks" stating this? Here is one showing minimal (almost nonexistent) gains going from 3GB to 12GB, but certainly now slowdown: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...rade,2264.html