DDR solution vs RDRAM solution .. ?

[Torso]

DDR would look like this:
1.6A Northwood
EPoX 4BDA2+
512Mb Samsung PC2700 DDR

Overclocking CPU around 2.5~ and running that Samsung stick DDR400? Other choice for that EPoX would be Asus P4S533 .. It doesn't have APG/PCI lock though.

RDRAM would most likely look something like this:
1.6A Northwood
Abit TH7-II
2 x 256Mb Samsung PC800 RDRAM

Hoping to achieve PC1066 speeds with this board so it would outperform even DDR400. Other RDRAM boards seem very limiting, or not avaible yet. TH7-II is rather old and I'm not really sure about how well it performs as overclocking platform or how stable it is.

I have no idea how well RDRAM overclocks, and is it quarenteed to hit 1066. DDR is running at least 333 which outpefroms PC800 RDRAM, maybe I can squeeze out DDR400 and then it comes close to RDRAM PC1066.

It's very frustrating trying to build new system. Too many options 🙂 .. I'm not looking far into future, I just want something fast and stable. Maybe I should switch to AMD XP after all ..

I have Epox 4BDA2+ already ordered, but I'm still waiting for the next shipment of P41.6Ghz to arrive, so it's not too late to make changes 🙂

Decisions .. Difficult ones, too.

 

[Iron Woode]

Considering the financial position of RamBus and the FTC's investigation, I would adopt a wait and see attitude right now.

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

AT says that the performance of DDR with the new Via P4X333 rivals that of PC1066. That is what I'm getting now 😀

 

[Torso]

VIA P4X333 sure looks sweet, but when will we actually see boards using this chipset? Nay, by the time you can get one from here there is probably bigger and better stuff out too 🙂

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

I think that the P4X333 boards are on their way out. Should be a few weeks. 🙂

 

[MithShrike]

Soyo already has P4X333 boards but you know Soyo... Anyways, they still have some good features.