04-16-2002, 08:57 PM
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Ensign
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Far Northern Calif.
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Rambus vs. DDr
Planning a computer build with a good friend and probably going with a P4 'Northwood' cpu (not positive yet). The big question has now become whether to go with DDR or Rambus RAM. We have read some info re.the two, and I'm very happy with my DDR but last I heard (and it was many months ago) Rambus was still faster; that DDR might still be bottlenecking the P4?
Any body have any suggestions or information? Also, any additional input re. AMD/Intel might help. I am a big AMD fan, but Intel's stability interests my friend. AMD t-bird 1.2G ASUS A7M266 512mbCrucial2100 DDR CoolMaster HSF Promise FastTrax TX4 RAid 2x30gb Maxtor Dimond Max Plus 7200,Raid 0 Plextor 24/10/40 Leadtek Winfast GF3TD(64mbddr) onboard CMI8738 audio 
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04-16-2002, 09:09 PM
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From most of what I've seen, Rambus is still a bit faster, but it's a narrow margin. Other things in the system will make a much greater performance impact.
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04-16-2002, 09:23 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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ddr 3000 is faster then rambus, so is 3200 fer that matter. http://www.ocsystem.com , enjoy
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04-17-2002, 12:12 AM
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Plebe
Join Date: Apr 2002
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it all comes down to what you wanna pay.
rdram is cheaper than pc3000/higher ddr. and the faster ddr models all have higher latencies as well. I'd stick with rdram. people who buy Samsung rdram can overclock it to pc1066 speeds. |
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