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CylonRed
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join:2000-07-06
Bloom County | Re: thinking about i850e, but what's RDRAM's future? They are not dropping RAMBUS anytime soon. A newer design for RAMBUS is about to be released. I would not worry about it...
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scragg2
join:2000-10-01
Virginia Beach, VA
| I like the flexability the DDR memory gives you. I'm an Intel guy to but say Intel screws the pooch and has a bad run on processors or something. Might be nice to switch to AMD and it will cost less if your using DDR memory.
So I'd say keep your options open and go with the DDR memory.
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C0deZer0
Oc'D To Rhythm And Police
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join:2001-10-03
Davenport, FL
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| Personally, I find that while Rambus RAM is good RAM, its implementation thus far for PC system RAM is poor.
Perfect example: Quake II. On PC's that first ran this thing, it was really tough to get it to run. However the N64 version (when using the extra expansion pack) would render this game beautifully, and very fast. 
the ironic thing is that the N64 uses 500mhz Rambus DirectRAM, as opposed to something like DDR. The PS2 also has some onboard Rambus from what I understood.
Obviously, if games and such could be run that well on a console that has less Rambus RAM than on PC's, there is obviously something going on with the current implementation of RDRAM.
now, RDRAM is great if you're going into video editing, but when it comes to gaming and stuff, DDR still seems to be the best way to go.
Why not consider going AMD?  You may be pleasantly surprised .
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CylonRed
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Bloom County
| It pretty much should since it will be a lot newer..... Is your link supposed to go to a review of the chipset? If so I can't find it.....
[text was edited by author 2002-04-17 12:04:41] | |
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thinking about i850e, but what's RDRAM's future?
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