RdRam vs. DDR

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

"Ian D. Weatherall" wrote in
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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.

"Ian D. Weatherall" wrote in message
news:41ddd836$1@devmonkey....
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

On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 19:34:03 -0500, "Ian D. Weatherall"
wrote:

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.

"Ian D. Weatherall" wrote in
news:41ddd836$1@devmonkey.:

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.

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


"Ian D. Weatherall" wrote in message
news:41ddd836$1@devmonkey....
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

"Ian D. Weatherall" wrote in
news:41de9558$1@devmonkey.:

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

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

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.


"Ian D. Weatherall" wrote in message
news:41de9558$1@devmonkey....
Thank you, for the input guys, incidently the board and ram are freebies.

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

--
DaveW



"Ian D. Weatherall" wrote in message
news:41ddd836$1@devmonkey....
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