fastest type of RAM?

[pavy]

I know this isn't a mobo question, but i figured it on it, so what the heck. as you can tell, i'm asking which is the fastest type of RAM. i know i sound retarded, but different people tell me different things, and i want to clear up the issue once and for all.

THANKX!

 

I like corsair.

 

[nemo160]

L1 cache
but as to what i think you're actually asking about
pc1066 rambus has 4.2 GB/s bandwidth
dual channel ddr 266 has 4.2 GB/s bandwidth
ddr 200 is 1.6 GB/s
ddr 266 is 2.1 GB/s
ddr 333 is 2.7 GB/s
ddr 400 is 3.2 GB/s
as far as which chipsets support which:
granite bay(P4) and nforce2(axp) support dual channel ddr, but athlon systems don't gain much from the added bandwidth as it exceeds the fsb bandwidth(unless integrated graphics are being used)
kt333 and kt400 support ddr333 and ddr 400 respectively for athlon, nforce 2 can also run single channel (not sure about granite bay...but if your running p4 single channel just get an 845 chipset as the board will be cheaper)
intels 845 chipset supports ddr 333
i'm not really up on rambus chipsets beyond the 850

as far as ram brands go i like corsair and crucial, and reccomend staying far away from OCZ

 

[dmhinz]

The fastest TYPE of RAM currently available is 1066 RAMBUS. Dual channel DDR (on an Intel E7205) will out perform RAMBUS but, only if you overclock it past the 133FSB currently supported.

Rambus requires an Intel 850 chipset and must be installed as matched (size) pairs unless you are using the 32 bit RIMMS which only work on ASUS boards.

If you are asking about the fastest DDR RAM, you will have lots of people tell you lots of different opinions. Personally, I like Corsair because of its low latency (CAS) values and good overclock ability.

-D

 

[pavy]

thankx for the help guys!

 

[Kingofcomputer]

No, the fastest ram is SRAM,
in the old 486 age, there were some motherboards with Octek chipset using a modified form of SRAM for sharing the cache and the main memory.
this solution was too expensive, it couldn't kick out DRAM.