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which RAM for P4 RAMBUS or DDR ??
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jamesbond007
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Hello! RDRAM will give you more bandwidth at default clock speeds. However, people have been able to overclock higher with DDR than RDRAM. If overclocking is not a concern with you, RDRAM may be what you want to go with.
A couple motherboards of suggestion; if you get RDRAM, I would recommend the Asus P4T-E, but if you go with DDR, I suggest the Asus P4B266 (Intel i845D) or the Asus P4S533 (SiS). I tend to prefer the Intel chipsets just so I can sleep better at night, but the SiS has definitely been proven time and time again to be a worth opponent against Intel's own.
May the power be with you! 😉 😀
A couple motherboards of suggestion; if you get RDRAM, I would recommend the Asus P4T-E, but if you go with DDR, I suggest the Asus P4B266 (Intel i845D) or the Asus P4S533 (SiS). I tend to prefer the Intel chipsets just so I can sleep better at night, but the SiS has definitely been proven time and time again to be a worth opponent against Intel's own.
May the power be with you! 😉 😀
the dude is still running a P200
so he needs something that will still be around in 5 yrs (not one to upgrade often u see)
i heard RAMBUS is bring out their new RAM (800??)
so i guess thats a good sign the court cases havent brought them down.
for the longevity & dont worry about o/c , its RAMBUS hey ???
so he needs something that will still be around in 5 yrs (not one to upgrade often u see)
i heard RAMBUS is bring out their new RAM (800??)
so i guess thats a good sign the court cases havent brought them down.
for the longevity & dont worry about o/c , its RAMBUS hey ???
<< However, people have been able to overclock higher with DDR than RDRAM. >>
not really. I have heard of people ovkerclocking to 160+ fsb on RDRAM mobos as well. mostly with Abit Th7-2. You have to set the RDRAM to 3:4 ration though. And even with this option the RDRAM based platform will outperform the DDR based platform.
I personally had a Th7-2 and 1.6a which would go to 2.4 ghz (150 fsb, rdram at PC900). I thought DDR would help me get a higher overclock so got a P4B266-c and samsung PC2700.. I still can't go beyond 2.4ghz so it is probably the cpu limitation. Now only if I can get a cpu like Thugsrook has!!
BTW, my rdram based platform was much faster (in benchmarks!!) than ddr.