I've been reading the specs & the new DDR chipsets from VIA, AMD, ALI, Micron & SIS chipsets all support both normal PC133 SDRAM as well as DDR-SDRAM.
Consequently Ssome of the new Transend, Chaintech & Asus DDR boards are going to have a both PC133 SDRAM & DDR SDRAM slots, mostly in a 2+3 format (3 DDR slots & 2 SDRAM slots)
Well reading this article from lostcircuts it looks like there are a few incompatibilty problems to sort out with DDR SDRAM with means initial low supplies & thus prices won't drop as quick as everyone seemed to have thought it would.
So it looks like IWill, Gigabyte & MSI have all made a big mistake bringing out their 1st DDR models without at least one PC133 DIMM slot.
I know that both PC133 SDRAM & DDR SDRAM can't be used at the same time on those 2+3 DIMM slot boards but it certainly would help sales. People could buy the board, then put in one of their old SDRAM DIMMS in till the DDR problem soughts itself out & prices drop on them.
Consequently Ssome of the new Transend, Chaintech & Asus DDR boards are going to have a both PC133 SDRAM & DDR SDRAM slots, mostly in a 2+3 format (3 DDR slots & 2 SDRAM slots)
Well reading this article from lostcircuts it looks like there are a few incompatibilty problems to sort out with DDR SDRAM with means initial low supplies & thus prices won't drop as quick as everyone seemed to have thought it would.
So it looks like IWill, Gigabyte & MSI have all made a big mistake bringing out their 1st DDR models without at least one PC133 DIMM slot.
I know that both PC133 SDRAM & DDR SDRAM can't be used at the same time on those 2+3 DIMM slot boards but it certainly would help sales. People could buy the board, then put in one of their old SDRAM DIMMS in till the DDR problem soughts itself out & prices drop on them.
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