Is RAMBUS really worth all that $$$$$??

[felix726]

just want to get everybody's opinion. let's say you take 2 sytems:

system 1-> PIIIcoppermine 700mhz w/100mhz fsb
128MB PC100

system 2-> PIIIcoppermine 733mhz w/133mhz fsb
128MB PC800 @ 400mhz

neglecting all other hardware (and I know how hard that is for most of us to do http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif)
do you really think that the extra performance is really worth all the loot you would have to shell out? do you even think the jump in performance would be noticeble?
-felix

[Dave2]

For those you have 440BX motherboards that accept PIII 700s then I don't think that it is worth the money to get a PIII 733, new motherboard, and new memory. You don't have to buy RDRAM but if you don't then the PIII 733 on the Intel 820 motherboard will be slower than a PIII 700 on a 440BX motherboard. Check the benchmarks.

[AuraEdge]

I think that Rambus is one of the biggest wastes of money right now.
It just costs ASTRONOMICALLY more than SDRAM.
For that much, id expect alot more profomance (I mean a whole lot...)
I think a reasonable price for RAMBUS is about $2.5-3.5 per MB, maybe even less, but that wont happen anytime soom.

[dawgtuff]

I agree with AuraEdge.There's a term called "Diminishing Returns".Basicly it's when you spend a mountain of money for a mole hill of gain!....DawgTuff.