Originally posted by Quazar
Beeblequix

PC2700 @256 = $71 US
RDRAM 800 @256 =$70 US
RDRAM PC800 has been much longer on the market than DDR SDRAM rated at PC2700.

Like everything else prices tend to be higher when a product/component is being introduced into the market or when the demand is low, as with EDO RAM.

When the new RDRAM makes its debut into the market, prices for RDRAM will again increase.

Another, example my nephew has a P4. Therefore, I bought him a 128MB RDRAM module for Christmas. He plugged it in and the system went nuts. Being 14 years of age he calls me almost in tears when his system did not work. So when I started troubleshooting with him, I discovered that he had an 850 board. I recently had to send him another 128MB RDRAM or else he could not use the initial RDRAM I sent him.

In a SDRAM situation, the 128MB module, alone, would have been sufficient to upgrade his system without issues.