haha DDR rears it's ugly head!!

[n2]

how's this front page article for a start!

"Looking at the Abit KG7? Want those four memory slots? Thinking about buying three or four sticks for it ahead of time (or already have) for it? You may be looking at (or bought) the wrong kind of RAM. "

i'm sure there will be more incompatibilities to come.
when they get this thing standardized and matured, i'll get in on it...
till then.. each day seems to have new surprises.

 

[UnseenMenace]

incompatibilities.. hmm perhaps another reason to wait a lill bit longer

 

[_jubei_]

when you Buy DDR ram at Crucial.com , they give you option to specify for which DDR motherboard you buy.. I got 2 x 256 mb of PC2100 ddr ram and They work perfectly... However previously I had Iwill KA266 R motherboard and 2 x 128 mb PC2100 Samsung ram, and I could not get them to work together.... So the its better to buy RAM at Crucial.com .. THey have great selection, and they have warranty, incase your ram is not compatible..

Still , I like my DDR setup, and if I would build PC right now, I would go with DDR ..

 

[n2]

Jubei, i totally understand where you are coming from.
here's another side tho,
i love hardware, and rarely does a box sit as-is.
so when i spend money on something, i like to use it elsewhere.
now, say i had purchased the iWill DDR mobo, because.. as you know..
there has been little options so far, offering DDR support.
anyways.... now i bought 512mb of DDR RAM for that board.
now, a few weeks later, Abit releases a new board, which offers me something, hypothetically speaking, the iwill mobo does not.

if i go buy it... i now have 512mb DDR i can't use in it!

this is what happened when VIA went from the KT133 over to KT133A
allowing support for 133FSB...
Many ppl switched mobo's for that reason, but could carry over the SDRAM they already had... making that upgrade alot more reasonable.

do you see why DDR is not so widely accepted yet?
i KNOW eventually... it will be a great advancement in memory technology.
but there is the fact, you very well could get "stuck" at this point in the game.

i'm actually considering some DDR, for a new box i'm building...
because i want something that runs certain graphic apps more efficiently than a G4.. Apple's G4 proc benefits by having massive L2 cache...
and AMD can't compete, yet!
<aside from K6-3+ which comes close, using L3.. however still only half as close at best, and these are out of the question for this machine>

anyways, i hope that ddr can help close that gap.
so.. to sum it up, DDR could be great... but plan on being stuck with it.

i really do forsee a re-working of the DDR technology in the future, which could mean very early obsolecence for what we have now.
i'm just not in a financial situation where i can buy 256mb <what i use> sticks each time i change to a new mobo, and as a hobbyist, i like swapping stuff out.

so that's my whole argument, the technology is definitely there, and it's good!
but i think nobody could argue,
it just isn't perfect "enough" to keep it in it's present state.
and i'm sure we'll see a really nice new DDR chipset pretty soon that will make us all say "OooooooooooH!"

 

[UnseenMenace]

I agree with you n2. .. I could'nt say it any better

BUMP !!!

 

[n2]

thanks Unseen...

and, FWIW....
DDR vid cards.. win/win!! how can ya beat that!!!

and DDR for RAM, it's a great idea... i hope i find myself buying some soon.
and lets just say, i won't be buying any more SDRAM.

i'll hold off for a bit, on my system.
however, i'll probably give it a try making this graphic PC...
utilizing DDR all the way around... and we'll see how that goes.

definitely going to wait until i hear more on these new mobo's before i buy one tho.

 

[Daniel ~]

I faced the same decision when deciding to go AMD. I had three Intel machines which gave me lots of swapability. Now just two Intel machines and fewer choices, but I can live with that":O}