DDR 400MHZ vs. RDRAM

[eric_sermon]

which is supposed to be better?.. RDRAM or DDR SDRAM

[BurninMan921]

As far as transfer rates go, *DUAL CHANNEL* DDR-266 and RDRAM 1066 are the same.

Latency is a bit lower on RDRAM.

But, Intel has dropped RDRAM support totally and gone with dual channel DDR. Their new chipset has an 800MHz FSB, using two DDR-400 chips.
FAAASSSTTTT....

[Turkeyscore.com]

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[Wedge Maniac]

But, Intel has dropped RDRAM support totally

They have???

I love RDRAM. I have PC800 and it's plenty fast, in my opinion.

I have nothing against DDR. I have another machine that uses it - P4 2.53, 512 DDR (unsure of the DDR frequency), but I think my RDRAM outperforms it (casual observation, no benchmarks).

[blakerwry]

it should be mentioned that RAM quantity is often more important than RAM frequency when it comes to system memory.