RdRam vs. DDR

[Ian D. Weatherall]

Hi Folks,
In the not too distant future I will be building a new system, I was
thinking along the lines of an Athlon 64 with a Gig of ram & decent mobo. I
have been offered an intel mobo(533fsb) with 256 of Rdram (1066) installed,
my guy tells me I will get better performance if I build a system around the
board and add another 256 ram.
Sorry, I dont have any specific specs as yet, I get my hands on the board on
the weekend.
I just wanted to know if you folks have any thoughts on the matter?
Regards,
Ian

 

[Mitch Crane]

Hi Folks,
In the not too distant future I will be building a new system, I was
thinking along the lines of an Athlon 64 with a Gig of ram & decent
mobo. I have been offered an intel mobo(533fsb) with 256 of Rdram
(1066) installed, my guy tells me I will get better performance if I
build a system around the board and add another 256 ram.
Sorry, I dont have any specific specs as yet, I get my hands on the
board on the weekend.
I just wanted to know if you folks have any thoughts on the matter?

I think you should never deal with your guy again.

 

[jpsga]

Hi Folks,
In the not too distant future I will be building a new system, I was
thinking along the lines of an Athlon 64 with a Gig of ram & decent mobo.
I have been offered an intel mobo(533fsb) with 256 of Rdram (1066)
installed, my guy tells me I will get better performance if I build a
system around the board and add another 256 ram.
Sorry, I dont have any specific specs as yet, I get my hands on the board
on the weekend.
I just wanted to know if you folks have any thoughts on the matter?
Regards,
Ian

There is not a lot of good to say about either plan but the Intel push
sounds like the Xenon(sp). The crippled Intel CPU would be further crippled
by a inadequate amount of ram.
JPS

 

[kony]

Hi Folks,
In the not too distant future I will be building a new system, I was
thinking along the lines of an Athlon 64 with a Gig of ram & decent mobo. I
have been offered an intel mobo(533fsb) with 256 of Rdram (1066) installed,
my guy tells me I will get better performance if I build a system around the
board and add another 256 ram.
Sorry, I dont have any specific specs as yet, I get my hands on the board on
the weekend.
I just wanted to know if you folks have any thoughts on the matter?
Regards,
Ian

your guy is trying to sell the parts. If you want them
bargain for a lower price, it won't be as fast as the
Athlon64 config you planned regardless and you would need
add at least 512MB of memory for similar tasks.

 

[John Smithe]

Hi Folks,
In the not too distant future I will be building a new system, I was
thinking along the lines of an Athlon 64 with a Gig of ram & decent
mobo. I have been offered an intel mobo(533fsb) with 256 of Rdram (1066)
installed, my guy tells me I will get better performance if I build a
system around the board and add another 256 ram.
Sorry, I dont have any specific specs as yet, I get my hands on the
board on the weekend.
I just wanted to know if you folks have any thoughts on the matter?
Regards,
Ian

RDRAM died a brutal death a couple of years ago. The only reason to buy that
motherboard is in the hope that it becomes a valuable antique/collectors-item
someday.

 

[Ian D. Weatherall]

Thank you, for the input guys, incidently the board and ram are freebies.

 

[Mitch Crane]

Thank you, for the input guys, incidently the board and ram are
freebies.

In that case, your guy isn't the evil bastard I thought he was.

 

[Rod]

There is nothing wrong with RDRAM or the available board. There is a slight
downside however. RDRAM is expensive compared to DDR RAM. If the board
doesn't already have a processor, then that is another expense.

You can get 512 Meg RDRAM to add to your 256, but it will cost you MORE than
what 1 Gig of DDR PC3200 Ram will. If you have to buy a process for this
board then they are going to be a bit higher, due to being a bit out dated,
than a comparable AMD.

You really need to throw a good video card in the mix of you want to see a
real increase in speed if your any sort of gamer.

 

[DaveW]

RDRAM is old technology at this point and NOT being used in any currently
produced consumer motherboards. That should answer your question.