two channel DDR is a lot better than RD-RAM btw
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Lol...I have RDRAM as well...512 MB of it.
*quickly hides face and runs away crying*
*quickly hides face and runs away crying*
I'm thinking about getting a 512mb graphics card as well, if I got the cash... I have about $500.00 or so left. All I could find are pci's anyone know if there any agp nvidia 512's ? ram is maxed out now, and I want to get the best card out for 500 bucks or so... I figured I should ask in here instead of making another thread.
Last edited by Obiwan (2007-01-22 21:41:17)
The best I found on newegg for agp was this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6814161069
It should be the best for agp at the moment from what I heard.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6814161069
It should be the best for agp at the moment from what I heard.
I'd rather pick it up in a store though, like bestbuy or something.Jello.01 wrote:
The best I found on newegg for agp was this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6814161069
It should be the best for agp at the moment from what I heard.
Only if he had the newest 32 bit memory bus boards AND splashed out on new higher bandwidth modules then it would be faster than 'normal' ddr, however I dont think the OP would be asking these questions if he had spent out thousands of dollars on all that.Bertster7 wrote:
That's what he (and everybody else) has been saying.dubbs wrote:
I would have to say that you are incorrect about RDRAM being worse the DDR. On paper RDRAM is a lot better then DDR. It can transfer data a lot quicker.aujt74 wrote:
Intel & Dell were a big fans of RDRAM for a while. Got an 2002 P4 Dell hanging around somewhere, was painful on the wallet to upgrade from the stingy 384Mb RDRAM to 1Gig RDRAM. I mean honestly, rip-off or what...
To answer the OP's question, RDRAM was good for it's time but a lot more costly than SDRAM with quite a few drawbacks. The problem is, if your motherboard is designed for RDRAM you cant use any type of SDRAM (DDR1 or DDR2) so it's a bit academical. RDRAM does significantly better performance-wise than DDR. But DDR2 is cheaper, lower latencies and greater performance.
But since you are tied to RDRAM by your mobo, there is no point worrying about it.
On top of that they have terrible latency.