RD 800 vs DDR 266 which is better?

baqai · Dec 2, 2002

which ram would be better as far as gaming is concerned on a P4 1.7 Ghz machine? (both gonna be 256MB)

toastedzergling · Dec 2, 2002

It depends on you mobo, either rambus or ddr, RD800 is faster but you have to:
1. buy an intel 850 chipset based mobo which is no longer supported by intel
2. pay higher price for that mobo
3. must buy two sticks of ram
4. pay higher price for the ram
all that for your puny little 1.7G willy p4 I say not worth it

ninthebin · Dec 3, 2002

you must buy 4 sticks to fill the 64bit memory bus, but thats where CRIMMS come in- without them though and you will need four sticks..

can anyone tell me whether the 32bit RD modules require a seperate chipset to work - or just a motherboard that supports them?

Molybdym · Dec 3, 2002

IMHO I like my DDR, Rambus requires all slots be filled, so you'd have to buy those spacer things, and that's an extra $10 right there, not to mention the extra cost over DDR.

toastedzergling is right, for your 1.7, DDR is a better bet.

thirteen13rulez · Dec 3, 2002

the asus board supports the 32 bit modules...

baqai · Dec 3, 2002

thanks people, can anyone point to some links where i can find detailed technical comparison between DDR and Rambus??

Johnny Knoxville · Dec 3, 2002

Molybdym said:
IMHO I like my DDR, Rambus requires all slots be filled, so you'd have to buy those spacer things, and that's an extra $10 right there

you get those free with the motherboard

Johnny Knoxville · Dec 3, 2002

http://www.vr-zone.com/reviews/Gigabyte/8IHXP/page5.htm

the 8IHXP is the best RDRAM motherboard out there

seamadan000 · Dec 3, 2002

Here is a complete technical explanation of memory technology and a comparison of current and future memory standards:
memory guide part I

Its in 3 parts, and this is part one, links to the other parts come at the end, happy reading
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baqai · Dec 3, 2002

thanks that was a good read looking forward for part 2 and 3

dxiw · Dec 4, 2002

ninthebin said:
you must buy 4 sticks to fill the 64bit memory bus, but thats where CRIMMS come in- without them though and you will need four sticks..

can anyone tell me whether the 32bit RD modules require a seperate chipset to work - or just a motherboard that supports them?

as far as i know only one board can support 32bit RD modules which is the asus p4t533. The moduless are very expensive and nice quality though. Also, the nice thing about 32 bit is no more pairing. btw rambus as we kow it today is 16bit. If intel doesn't drop rambus like they probably will then maybe 64 bit rambus will be oout late next year

seamadan000 · Dec 5, 2002

Here are the other two parts of the series, Happy reading

part II

and

Part III
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