When did crucial start selling 4GB DDR sticks!!!

[hytek369]

that thing is awesome, a monster in a small package

 

[LawrenceHeffernan]

It's registered, so go and put it in your shiny new FX51... if it's worth the money

 

[Tab]

I want a picture

 

[SUOrangeman]

If it were only PC3200 ...

-SUO

 

[50]

This should be in the hot deals forum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[synapse02]

Originally posted by: aka1nas
Wasn't trying to misinform, I've never heard of a 32-bit chipset that will go past 4 GB. Also, I figured cuz that was just for 1 stick the chipset would probably have to support several times that amount. Though, if it is a 4 layer chip and doublesided, that would make it equivalent to 8 banks of RAM, right?

the SK8V and SK8N (i have one of each right now) both support 8Gb of memory, but only in 2Gb modules.. I think you can get it to run 8Gb in 32bit mode, with memory readdressing.. sounds like lots of overhead, so you prolly woudnt want to do it with speed in mind..

 

[Markfw]

I would have to check furthur, but I bet it would work in this:
Tyan Motherboard for Dual Opteron processors MODEL Thunder K8W (S2885)- Retail
Specifications:
CPU Support: Dual AMD Opteron 940-pin Processors
Chipset: AMD-8131 + AMD-8111
Memory: 8x 184-pin 2.5-Volt DDR DIMM sockets of Registered DDR 200/266/333, Max 16GB
IDE: 2x IDE dual-drive ports for up to 4 Drives
SATA: 2x SATA
Raid: Promise® PDC20378 SATA/SATA RAID accelerator; Supports 2x SATA and 2x ATA-133/100 Drives
Slots: 2x PCI 66/33MHz, 2x PCI 133/100/66/33MHz, 1x PCI 33MHz
Ports: 5x PCI, 2x COM, 1x LPT, 1x RJ-45, 3x USB 1.1
Onboard LAN: Broadcom BCM5704C dual-channel GbE LAN Model#: S2885ANRF $465

 

[Markfw]

Double post,sorry

 

[Xanathar]

Ive been hunting for 2Gig ECC Reg PC2100 DDR, and of course they have to skip the 2Gig chips and go right to the 4s.

 

[randumb]

Man, and I thought 1GB sticks were insane.

 

[synapse02]

Originally posted by: Xanathar
Ive been hunting for 2Gig ECC Reg PC2100 DDR, and of course they have to skip the 2Gig chips and go right to the 4s.

go to pricewatch and search for "ddr 2gb"

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

These would be used in VERY few places because at $7k you can build another system to share the work load....

 

[aka1nas]

Does that opteron board accept modules in excess of 2GB though?

edit: It says it only supports up to 2GB modules.

 

[screw3d]

Holy.. 512mb chips? Since when did that appear? Which manufacturer made it? Micron?

 

[Sunner]

Originally posted by: aka1nas
Wasn't trying to misinform, I've never heard of a 32-bit chipset that will go past 4 GB. Also, I figured cuz that was just for 1 stick the chipset would probably have to support several times that amount. Though, if it is a 4 layer chip and doublesided, that would make it equivalent to 8 banks of RAM, right?

Many do.
Intel's i75xx series does, as does pretty much all of ServerWorks chipsets.
The max you can go is up to 64 GB using PAE(Physical Address Extension), only relatively high end servers tend to accept that much RAM though, most workstation boards max out at 8-12 GB.

screw3d
The chips are measured in Mb, not MB, so a 512 Mb chip == 64 MB.

 

[dexvx]

Originally posted by: AgaBooga
These would be used in VERY few places because at $7k you can build another system to share the work load....

Density is a concern just as much as cost is.

Notice how 1U/2U Rackmounts have really taken up.

 

[synapse02]

dude, i know that and i still keep mixing my 'b's up...

 

[mrgoblin]

Originally posted by: aRCeNiTe
$7k omg that's... sickening.

I know a guy who spent 2 grand on the voodoo video card back in the day. Thats worse because the stick will actually be used :\

 

[Rankor]

Let's see...

Down payment on new car...

4GB of RAM...


Hmmm...



I already know the answer.

And it's not the RAM.

 

[Sunner]

Somehow Im getting the impression that the clients Crucial are aiming this at won't be thinking much about downpayments on cars

 

[edmundoab]

alienware system........ or 4 GB of Ram.....
neh.. out of the question for me in both scenario

 

[vshah]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181

Originally posted by: vshah
actually i'm pretty sure we are using these in an itanium machine ($40,000) on our hummer.
Red Team Racing
its for an autonomous race across the mohave desert next march
DARPA grand challenge

its gonna be fun

Do I dare ask why you have an Itanium in a Hummer?

well, the hummer has to drive 250 miles across the mohave desert by itself...no remote control, in fact no contact allowed between start and stop....

the itanium is for the route planning/obstacle recognition/avoidance routines. we have dual xeons handling sensor input from LIDARS & an applanix inertial/gps measurement.....its a LOT of data (the LIDARS are about 45fps) and besides.....intel is our corporate sponsor so we got it for free why not stick it on there?

the itanium compares the real time visual/positional data with our maps/elevation data that are pre-loaded...to make sure that it doesn't drive off a cliff (i don't think a stream would be that much of a problem for the hummer )
-Vivan