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    What type of RAM is best for gaming: DDR or RDRAM?

    I wasn't sure which forum to ask this question in, but since it's related to gaming i'll ask it here.

    I'm getting a new computer soon and want to know which is best to go with: DDR or RDRAM. My comp. will primarily be used to play the latest PC games (mostly online). However, even though most of the sources I have looked at say that RDRAM is best, I have yet to ask you guys/gals for your respectable opinions. So...which should I go with???

    Thanks a million

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    Supposely RDRAM is better

    as Intel claims to be.

    but real life experience, DDR and RDRAM are just the same.

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    ATI is putting DDR on there video cards..........
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    RDram is sooo dam expensive, and I don't see it sold very much anymore, stick with DDR its' not bad and itss much cheaper than RDram.

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    You have to have a P4 to run RDRAM
    Last edited by Bizkitkid2001; 08-22-2002 at 05:05 PM.

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    Spare a thought for those still running SDRAM

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    My system:

    Pentium 4 2Ghz
    Gigabyte GA- 8IE
    512MB PC2700 DDR
    Maxtor 40gig 7200rpm Hard Drive (Primary)
    Maxtor 60gig 7200rpm Hard Drive (Secondary)
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    I'm using DDR, it's VERY nice. Way better than any form of SDram, I am quite impressed with DDRs' memory bandwidth...


    I don't miss SDram but I still use 512mb of it in my old P2 400mhz

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    Thanks for all the feedback people!

    I'm looking at a Pentium 4 2.4 Ghz CPU for my comp. and heard that RDRAM is supposedly better for it than DDR. However, if DDR is just as good than I'll go with that. Any comments on this???

    Thanks again

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    Plain and simple RDRAM is better for a Pentium 4 than DDR is.

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    bah screw intel (sorry if i wastn supoposed to say that word hehe) amd is jsut abouta lways gonna be better in price, oc ablility and speed, they may be "slower" by the speeds but they can haul *** in oc'n cuz im not sur if true but didnt intel put a safe guard on p3 chips and l8r so that u can only oc the fsb? thus making the speed of ram u can support more vast?
    and o yes, stick with ddr heres a good analogy if it makes sense

    AMD is to PENTIUM
    as
    DDR is to RDRAM


    either way i hope u get the picture =) ty
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    Part of what you sais is right. AMD are better for price for perfamce wise. But they don't O/C as well as pentium 4s do. The highest over clock of a 1.2ghz thunderbird is 1.888Ghz. The highest P4 is 4ghz. Now which one is a btter over clocker AMD XP are even worse O/Cers then the thunderbirds because they are hotter and they are lock(Just like the pentium 3, you can only O/C it with the FSB)

    But I think the new hammers that are coming out will smash intel

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    Originally posted by bubbagumpshrimp
    bah screw intel (sorry if i wastn supoposed to say that word hehe) amd is jsut abouta lways gonna be better in price, oc ablility and speed, they may be "slower" by the speeds but they can haul *** in oc'n cuz im not sur if true but didnt intel put a safe guard on p3 chips and l8r so that u can only oc the fsb? thus making the speed of ram u can support more vast?
    and o yes, stick with ddr heres a good analogy if it makes sense

    AMD is to PENTIUM
    as
    DDR is to RDRAM


    either way i hope u get the picture =) ty
    Huh? What? I'm walking away from that not even understanding what you said really. It was a real good AMD promoting Intel bashing fan fud post though! Keep it up- AMD sent ya a brown noser of the year award, its in the mail.

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    Bizkitkid2001 needs to go back to geek school. You can OC amd XPs by the multipliyer, you just need to unlock it. You have to fill the bridges and use a conductive material. It's not that hard.
    What was this thread about?
    Oh yeah, Rdram vs DDR
    RDRAM is technically better, but the money would be better spent elsewhere. On ddr motherboards where you can run the memory at 333 and 400 mhz (ddr speeds, not actual), memory performance can surpass that of rdram, especially with aggressive memory timings. If I were you, I'd buy some high-quality ddr and a good motherboard instead of wasting money on rdram.
    Or you could wait for the new dual channel ddr boards that come out in a few months. They will go far beyond the performance levels of RDRAM systems.
    This is where my signature would go if I wasn't so lazy.

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    K... long as yur not planning on using SDram on a P4 yur gold....
    I find the price is not worht the performance of RDram... DDr has a wide variety of speeds, and for the name DDR (Double Data Rate) you, have DDR running at 266mhz for an example it is effectively running at 582mhz (excuse me if my math is wrong 2x266)... Jus "food for thought" for those of you who do not know the deal with DDR

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    Re: Thanks for all the feedback people!

    "bob" is right about that.

    giving a p4 system RDRAM will definitely give it a significant boost, especially in particular applications like compressing and video playback (not to mention games).

    its jus the price people are so picky about, but it still is better for ur new configuration.

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