Poll: Who's going to stay w/ SDRAM or go DDR RAM?

Impact55

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Very curious.. I'm personally sticking with SDRAM for a while, since it's so much cheaper and DDR RAM is not that BIG of a difference.
 

Wizkid

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I am happy with my system right now and see no need to spend the money for a new motherboard and ram, so I am sticking with SDR. However, the next time that I do get a new motherboard I will get DDR since it IS faster for very little extra cost.
 

fitzhue

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It's not soo much cheaper. Some sites already have it for sale. I think i saw at Crucial that 128mb of PC2100 was only a few dollars more than sd-ram.
 

GL

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I won't go with DDR until at least the summer...I want the platform stability issues to be ironed out. I'm sure DDR platforms will have some stability issues (maybe not as a direct result of DDR though).

-GL
 

Linh

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I've invested too much in sdram, probably won't switch until my p700@945 feels sluggish.
 

Noriaki

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I just got my Athlon 550 down to a nice chilly 35degC, so I'm going to overclock it a bunch, get another 256MB of SDRAM while it's cheap and be happy with 384MB of SD

Win2000 should like that.

I agree with this sentiment:

<< I want the platform stability issues to be ironed out. I'm sure DDR platforms will have some stability issues (maybe not as a direct result of DDR though). >>

 

MechEngineer

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It will not be a question of if you will or won't....
The two rams are incompatible and take different slots. The performance of the DDR 2100 exceeds even the best PC800 RAMBUS at a fraction of it's cost. An Athlon system with the new 133mhz bus chips (effectively 266mhz) witht the DDR memory will be far better performance than any sdram system could ever hope for. IF you were going to build a new Athlon system in a few months, you should really consider the DDR system. I think the prices for Crucial brand DDR PC 2100 is approaching $1/mb. That isn't too bad is it?