Best memory for high end AMD?

1-if you want to use Rambus you should be looking at Pentium CPU's

2-760 chipsets work with DDR SDRAM which will give you more bang for your buck than Rambus

3-one memory chip is usually more stable than 2 or more

sudden unexpected cessation of computer activity with a sudden unexpected increase in user activity=

I think I will wait a little since nForce motherboard will be out this or next month. It will have an dual channel DDR interface and should be fastest memory interface for pc.

Thanks for the nice replies, keep em coming! :-)

I find myself in the situation of having to chooce between waiting a couple of months and get something better, or buy it now. Who hasn't? :-)

Thing is I kinda need it now. So, question is, if I wait and get the double DDR memory nForce board, will I have destroyed a bottleneck? Is the speed of ordinary motherboards DDR interface a problem today?

I would buy 2 256MB DDRAM DIMMs from a quality brand (Crucial...) and a ECS K75A (Sis735 chipset) mobo - as it is a cheap Socket A but with better performance than boards based upon previous chipsets (KT266, AMD760, Alimagik1 Rev A). So, if in the meantime the probably quite expensive nForce based mobos live up to the expectations you can upgrade without feeling much guilt over it .


How terrible is wisdom when it brings no profit to the wise

Well, it is not the easiest thing to do .

It is not really hard, but it takes some work - you take everything out of the case (except the drives), put the new mobo, and reconnect everything. As a side benefit, it is a great learning oportunity - it is a bit like doing all hardware changes in one intervention.

But the probability is that sooner or later you'll have to do a mobo change (unless you prefer to have someone doing it for you) - and it is better to do so for the first time in a moment of your choice.


How terrible is wisdom when it brings no profit to the wise

Oh really?
Didn't know that. Didn't know something like FPU existed. :-) It's got something to do with the processor right? My question then is what kind of processor that got a good FPU. (AMD vs. Intel)

Is there anything else I should think of when buying a computer that is mainly going to be used for 3D graphics, using programs like Maya and 3D Studio Max but also 3D games?

What programs would look at the memory as a possible bottleneck?

Thanks!
///Parakoos