CylonRed
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Bloom County
| reply to Chillybott
Re: thinking about i850e, but what's RDRAM's future?
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.....
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Chillybott
Understands Marx And Lenin
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MHV, NY, USA
| reply to C0deZer0
said by C0deZer0:
Why not consider going AMD?  You may be pleasantly surprised  .
good friend works for Intel - I just trust him
thanks for the input fellas - and if you haven't, read up on what they're saying about the 850e. This chipset is supposed to blow those with DDR out of the water:
»www4.tomshardware.com/cpu/02q1/0···dex.html
[my bad - posted a link I was looking at earlier - cut and paste only works half the time when I highlight a link!  )
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C0deZer0
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Davenport, FL
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|  reply to Chillybott
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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scragg2
join:2000-10-01
Virginia Beach, VA
| reply to Chillybott
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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CylonRed
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Bloom County | reply to Chillybott
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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Chillybott
Understands Marx And Lenin
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MHV, NY, USA
|  hey folks,
I'm about to embark upon building the most kickazz machine I can, and I have a question about mobos.
I have been seriously looking into the new i850e chipset (sorry AMDers, but I'll buy Intel and GM till the day I die ) and - since the prices of DDR and Rambus have begun to merge, and the HUGE performance gain this chipset shows as opposed to the i845e (both 533 FSB) I just want to do it.
So here's my question - I have read over and over that Intel is backing away from Rambus to the point where folks are speculating that Rambus might die. WHY oh WHY would they release a chipset that has this set of nads only if they are supposed to move away from Rambus completely in the next couple of years?
Do you think the market might shift back to Rambus - and either way, is this mobo a good buy? I think it is and it'll take quite a bit to convince me that the performance gain is not worth it, esp if the only problems I might have are in finding expansion DIMMs in 4 years....
thanks for the read!
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