RAMBUS (RDRAM) getting more feasible?

[RanDum72]

Prices of RDRAM are now to the point where they are virtually the same as PC2100. Intel P4 prices have also come down. The
Intel P4/RDRAM platform is suddenly looking very attractive. The last Intel CPU I had was an Intel Pentium 233MMX and I am now looking at the newest Intel offerings very seriously. Any arguments for/against me going Intel?

 

[AndyHui]

Stable, Northwoods overclock well. Cool, retail fan is very quiet.

 

[Athlon4all]

That's a pretty good choice I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it. No matter what you do, stick with RDRAM. It when running at 533fsb+PC1066 (Which with Samsung/Corsair RDRAM, is definately easy to do with a 1.6A on Abit Th7II) will beat any oc'ed Asus P4B266 setup.

 

[Oyeve]

Go for it. DDR ram will be hitting its limit soon and unless there is a DDR2 or something like that you will probably have to go rambus anyway.

 

[dullard]

For me, I consider a personal computer purchase only if the whole system is under $1000. For quite some time, that excluded a P4 system. Now there is a Dell 2.0 GHz with nice features for $674, it looks quite tempting.

 

[Whitedog]

I wouldn't run anything but RDRAM on a P4 system...

though that is the only plateform RDRAM is good for

 

[GreatYogota]

Ok..So Rambus will beat ddr?
If so how high can you over clock a P4 1.6A with it, and with what boards?

 

[dullard]

From the benchmarks I've seen a P4 with RDRAM doesn't overclock as high as a P4 with DDR. However the overclocked RDRAM computer easily beats the overclocked DDR computer in just about every benchmark.

So would you rather have a higher overclock or a faster computer?

 

[subhuman]

Athlon4all - careful, seems like many TH7-II's aren't hitting 533FSB due to the clock generators.

Also my P4TE has the proper clock gens for 533fsb - and i have the board WITH onboard audio (but disabled of course). This could be a trend, the ASUS P4TE's w/Audio all have ICS? I'll start another thread.

But yeah - RDRAM+P4 makes a lot of sense, but before overclocking an RDRAM setup, do your homework first. Hopefully the first part of my post sort of shows a bit of what you need to lookout for..

 

[RanDum72]

So what are the recommended 850 boards? Asus?

Also, do you need to install RIMMS by pair or can you use one of those "dumb" RIMMS with just one regular RIMM?

 

[GreatYogota]

I am getting the feeling that a lot of people are wondering about what type of memory to use DDR or Rambus. Check this article out and let me know what you think
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Has any one out there gotten a 1.6A up to 2.4 with Rambus?

 

[goog]

Abit TH7ll or ASUS P4T-E are the mobos getting most of the attention for I850's.
RIMMs must always be installed in pairs. Unused slots are filled with the CRIMMS that come with the mobo.
Some people have gotten a 1.6A to 2.4+ on an I850 platform see overclockers.com.

 

[ToBeMe]

<< Athlon4all - careful, seems like many TH7-II's aren't hitting 533FSB due to the clock generators.

Also my P4TE has the proper clock gens for 533fsb - and i have the board WITH onboard audio (but disabled of course). This could be a trend, the ASUS P4TE's w/Audio all have ICS? I'll start another thread.

But yeah - RDRAM+P4 makes a lot of sense, but before overclocking an RDRAM setup, do your homework first. Hopefully the first part of my post sort of shows a bit of what you need to lookout for.. >>


The highest O/C's to date with a Northwood are on TH7II's and the recent TH7II's have the proper gens. for 533 FSB...............just ask my TH7II-RAID and 1.6 Northy @ 2.4! I also have another TH7II-RAID with a 2.2 at 2.8 and both are able to hit these speeds with less voltage boosts than the comparable P4T-E. The P4T-E is a fine board, but, the TH7II is a much better O/C'er................

 

[RanDum72]

The Abit and Asus boards are the ones I'm actually looking at so it seems like I'm right on the money. As soon as that tax rebate check comes in....