PC1066 RDRAM vs. DDR SDRAM

Brad wrote into send us his "Comparison of PC1066 RDRAM vs DDR SDRAM. Quote - RDRAM is considerably more expensive that DDR SDRAM, and up until now the 100MHz PC800 specification didn't do well in comparison. Just recently 133MHz PC1066 was launched, and is now officially supported by the new Intel P4 and the Intel 850E core logic chipset, but this time promises to bring memory performance to the next level."

Memorial Day Early Post

[Anonymous Coward]

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PC1066 supported?

[pacc]

The right way around would be to report that there now are PC1066 RAM available that supports the I850E platform.

Apparently the chipset is just an overclocked variant of the earlier variant and could not use the slowest version of the PC1066 standard memory. Ironically the only version available when 850E was launched.

www.theinquirer.net, wish they had a better back-catalogue

The fix is in.

[blair1q]

What a bogus comparison.

PC2100 is old news, and 1066 RDRAM is just being released.

The proper comparison would have been against PC3200, or PC2700 at least.

N.B., I've been using PC2700 in my machine for two months. PC3200 is about 33% more expensive [priceindexes.com].

--Blair

next level?

[crow]

What does "the next level" mean? Does that mean that mean that my fifth level fighter will have 35,001 experience points with the new technology? Does it mean my cube will be moved upstairs? Does it mean the little bubble will sit in the middle of the glass?

That phrase should ring Dilbert-esque alarm bells. If there were awards for the most over-used marketing phrases, "the next level" would be due to win the grand prize this year.

Did you know that there are about 788,000 hits on Google for that phrase?

I'm sorry, but I have a bit of trouble taking any article seriously that uses that sort of marketing-speak.

Re:Sure, it's faster...

[Billly Gates]

I had a very nasty experience with 3 athlonXP motherboards. For this reason I threw the athlon in my bottom drawer in my closet and downgraded back to my pentiumIII 700 after several hundred dollars and over a month of time were blown.

Some of the problems are alot of athlon motherboards require apic irq sharing which linux doesn't fully support yet( read the article on soyo's mobo from last march here on slashdot), to requiring weird 400 watt power supplies, to incompatabilities with standard hardware like geforce video cards and even netgear nics( I had to buy an expensive intel etherpro, more info is available from abit's newsgroups) and even a few sound blaster lives, to also some freezes after several months of use from msi boards. Alot of you reading this have had nothing but great luck with there althons and I am not debating there are nice athlon machines out there but for now I am skeptical. For myself I will never buy a non intel machine again unless its a ti-powerbook :-)

If you are on a budget and need something that is guarunteed to work then I would pick an intel box. There are more expensive and slower but you will not go through the hassle like I had. Oh and if you buy XP guess what? You will have to repurchase XP FOR EACH MOBO YOU REPLACE! This is what fucking killed me. I ended up buying Windows2000 professional to avoid this crap again. Yes, I need windows and linux along will not work for me. Intel boards are mostly extremely reliable. If its for school or work then you know that a downed system could really fuck you over and could cost you money and time. Alot of people had no problems with their athlons but I would advise you to pick safely unless your loaded. This is why people like myself buy intel based motherboards and chips. Stability and reliability are king for corporations and individuals.