DDR2 as fast as Rambus

mike2h · Sep 24, 2003, 10:13 PM

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DDR2 as fast as Rambus shocker

Computex 2003 Great proprietory RAM chips of our time

By Sume Gai: Wednesday 24 September 2003, 07:40

WHILE SIS was telling us of its plans to continue Rambus support into the middle of next year (much to Intel's disdain, we understand) motherboard makers have been informing us that DDR2 is performing about as fast on the Intel platform as its proprietory predecessor, famous for being probably the most hated memory in the world.
The news will come as no shock to those who have been following the memory industry closely in recent times. They have observed that there is still a lot of life left in vanilla DDR, with the Front Side Bus speeds of the latest chips unable to keep pace with enthuiast RAM development without being overclocked.

It was suggested to us recently by a major enthusiast RAM manufacturer that DDR2 would offer little performance gain, but would serve as a product differentiator for Intel, as AMD are not planning to move to DDR2 any time soon - but, to your average punter, two has to be better than one right?

It will also give Intel time to find better implementations of the DDR2 technology before AMD eventually launches its solution next year.

Look for DDR2 to be announced in the Grantsdale chipset in the first half of next year, although it is not expected that product adoption will be quick.

MSX · Sep 24, 2003, 10:47 PM

I think they should skip the twos and threes and go strait to tri or quad data rate... though that won't happen anytime soon.

DriveEuro · Sep 24, 2003, 11:49 PM

What is the bandwidth on RAMBUS?? I never knew.....

@/2ct!< · Sep 25, 2003, 12:47 AM

I thought DDR 400 was already faster than rambus....

mike2h · Sep 25, 2003, 03:30 AM

no, the chipset tech is what makes it faster. if there was an 865 for rambus it would be faster. not by much because of the bandwidth limitation of current cpu's. that is why, until the advent of 865/875 the old 850 was the best bet for p4.

Sep 24, 2003, 10:13 PM	#1
mike2h DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: norcal Posts: 6,483 Rep Power: 91 System Specs	DDR2 as fast as Rambus from inquirer- DDR2 as fast as Rambus shocker Computex 2003 Great proprietory RAM chips of our time By Sume Gai: Wednesday 24 September 2003, 07:40 WHILE SIS was telling us of its plans to continue Rambus support into the middle of next year (much to Intel's disdain, we understand) motherboard makers have been informing us that DDR2 is performing about as fast on the Intel platform as its proprietory predecessor, famous for being probably the most hated memory in the world. The news will come as no shock to those who have been following the memory industry closely in recent times. They have observed that there is still a lot of life left in vanilla DDR, with the Front Side Bus speeds of the latest chips unable to keep pace with enthuiast RAM development without being overclocked. It was suggested to us recently by a major enthusiast RAM manufacturer that DDR2 would offer little performance gain, but would serve as a product differentiator for Intel, as AMD are not planning to move to DDR2 any time soon - but, to your average punter, two has to be better than one right? It will also give Intel time to find better implementations of the DDR2 technology before AMD eventually launches its solution next year. Look for DDR2 to be announced in the Grantsdale chipset in the first half of next year, although it is not expected that product adoption will be quick. __________________

Sep 24, 2003, 11:49 PM	#3
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Sep 25, 2003, 12:47 AM	#4
@/2ct!< HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Not Vegas, anymore :( Posts: 1,391 Rep Power: 0	I thought DDR 400 was already faster than rambus.... __________________

Sep 25, 2003, 03:30 AM	Thread Starter #5
mike2h DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: norcal Posts: 6,483 Rep Power: 91 System Specs	no, the chipset tech is what makes it faster. if there was an 865 for rambus it would be faster. not by much because of the bandwidth limitation of current cpu's. that is why, until the advent of 865/875 the old 850 was the best bet for p4. __________________

Sep 24, 2003, 10:47 PM	#2
MSX Burning the frozen... Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,201 Rep Power: 0	I think they should skip the twos and threes and go strait to tri or quad data rate... though that won't happen anytime soon.