woodenstool Posted June 16, 2003 Share Posted June 16, 2003 Is RDRAM worth the extra money? Is it that big of a difference from DDR SDRAM? Would it be better in the long-run, perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antilles_CL Posted June 16, 2003 Share Posted June 16, 2003 I'm not sure, but i've got me some DDR SDRAM and it works fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HertogJan Posted June 16, 2003 Share Posted June 16, 2003 For RD RAM you have to have a mainboard that supports it. If you find a nice one that does, it might be worth it, although every gamer I know uses DDR SD RAM, I personally, have 1024MB PC2700/333 SDRAM and I am quite satisfied with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BongoBob Posted June 16, 2003 Share Posted June 16, 2003 Huh???All I know is that I have sdram, and it runs my pc games, so I'm happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCanr2d2 Posted June 16, 2003 Share Posted June 16, 2003 I don't know that RDRAM really has the support to last in the long term in the main stream. After all, the P4 was released with RDRAM only supported in the chipsets, soon Intel fixed that. Stick with DDR SDRAM, as DDR2 will soon be on the way, which makes use of both the "up" and "down" cycle of the RAM, along with combining the write speed of both banks of memory to do writes. IE PC2700 RAM becomes effectively PC5400... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reb Starblazer Posted June 16, 2003 Share Posted June 16, 2003 Well apparently RD Ram has(or did have at one time) more potential than DDR Ram(but not compared to DDR2). However, now that most of the major computer comapanies in the industry have decided to switch their support to DDR Ram for their models, support for RD has dropped drastically. Many companies have stopped producing RD ram, and as the supply is getting lower and lower, the price is getting higher and higher. RD is being supported less and less, so I suggest you simply go with DDR now, instead of going with RD now and then having to switch to DDR later which is quite likely. And as Bcanr2d2 said DDR2 is soon on the way so if you want to get that, not only will you have to buy the DDR2 Ram, but you will also have to buy a new motherboard that supports DDR ram, because your old RD supporting motherboard is incompatible. Going with DDR from the start makes a lot more sense. Dollars and cents... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfmanNCSU Posted June 16, 2003 Share Posted June 16, 2003 RD RAM is not worth the price. Too expensive and I belive you get just fine performance with DDR. That will be the way to go if I was you. I am still running PC133 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acrylic Posted June 16, 2003 Share Posted June 16, 2003 I have RDRam, but dont know where to buy any! PLEASE! We're looking to upgrade t 1536 MB of ram (since we have 512) but dont know where to find! HEELP! EDIT- And RDRAm is way too expensive, dunno why we got it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo Posted June 16, 2003 Share Posted June 16, 2003 well, me and my dad find all our computer needs on EBAY!! Acrylic. I would look there or just type in cheap fillintheblank. usually helps me out alot. me i have 768 mb of DDR RAM and its wonderful, im gonna upgrade to 1.5 GB soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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