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DDR beats 1066 RD
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whats your scores?
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I don't see anything in there relating to DDR or RD... and I'm not scanning through all the pages to find it.
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You're comparing apples to oranges though. OCed DDR to stock RDRAM. If you OC the RD, it'll surpass DDR without breaking a sweat.
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it isnt RDRAM vs AMD, AMD could use RDRAM if it wanted to...
as RAM speeds arent really that far apart it seems to be a case of who holds bandwidth - and RDRAM holds the bandwidth...I havent seen any benchmarks of DDR vs RD at the same bandwidth - but I should image they are similar
as RAM speeds arent really that far apart it seems to be a case of who holds bandwidth - and RDRAM holds the bandwidth...I havent seen any benchmarks of DDR vs RD at the same bandwidth - but I should image they are similar
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bterry13 said:
Because DDR is cheaper, and easier. RDRAM u have to have in pairs, DDR u dont. Theoretically, RDRAM gives u twice the bandwidth of DDR
*edit* And AMD doesnt use DDR...the chipsets designed for them do. They could just as easily make a chipset for RDRAM for AMD systems
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Evnas said:
My board doesn't need RDRAM in pairs.
And Bterry13, what AMD machines are you referring to?
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bterry13 said:
You can't make the comparison. The Athlon can't take advantage of the bandwidth that PC1066 spec RDRAM can supply, so it's useless. This is why the Northwood really shines when it's paired with some high-bandwidth RDRAM; and when this is done, it's not often that the Athlon beats it.
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Evnas said:
First, the cost difference in DDR and RDRAM is not that great... and the performance enthusiast wouldn't dare pair DDR with a high-clocked Northwood, not yet anyways. Simply, DDR can't deliver! Please explain how RDRAM gives twice the bandwidth of DDR.
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You don't make any sense... and you're obdviously not up to date on AMD's chipsets.
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oh god here comes the urge, to slap on some 600mhz drcgs, get some of that ocz pc1200 and crank out a benchmark to make the ddr boyz cry
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Evnas is right - AMD uses DDR as they choose to use it, the motherboard chipsets thus are designed for it, AMD could just as easily buy rights from Rambus to use RDRAM, then an array of chipsets for AMD/RDRAM platforms would appear
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Actually, AMD has a license to use RDRAM. Part of the reason why they opted not to was because they focus more on the bang-for-the-buck crowd which RDRAM is not a part of due to the premium it carries.
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flapperhead said:
LOL!!!! I know you've been looking for a reason Flapperhead. I've heard that OCZ's quality has improved and they're producing some real quality stuff again.
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yeah just lookin for an excuse to get me some
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I have comparred the 2 types myself. I had my 1.8a in an Asus 850 board with pc800 ram. Sandra memory benchmark scores were way higher than with my new 845PE chipset at stock speeds. Its a bummer, but facts are facts.
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