Memory

[BornOnFire]

Hi iam going with the 2.26 gig cpu and from what i have heard the rambus ram out preforms the DDR. The rambus ram is almost double the cost of DDR. My question is what should i go with? Is it worth the extra money to go with the rambus...thx for your input...Born

[DocPC]

Use the DDR.........Cheaper and performs just about the same as RAMBUS.

[Matridom]

Doc has it right, DDR on the new boards perform almost as well has RAMBUS. jut make sure you get a good board, the 845G and sis333 chipsets seem to be at the top of the performance chart

[silencio]

Depends on how sensitive you are to performance. With my old RAMBUS memory (400Mhz) I was getting a little slowdown at 1024x768 in SOF II. I run it set for the highest detail possible (4xAA, 32bit color etc). Now with the P4T533-C and 1066 RAMBUS memory I get zero slowdown. It's smooth as glass. Quake 3 Benchmark is here. (http://www17.tomshardware.com/mainboard/02q2/020501/ddr400vsrambus-06.html)

Is it worth the extra money? It was for me. :) If you go with RAMBUS make sure you get the processor and board that both support 533Mhz front side bus.

[Radical Dreamer]

I honestly dont think that it would be worth the extra $$ and the hassle of pairs and the heat :(

Go for the DDR and use the money on a good vid card or bigger HDD