RDRAM versus DDR SDRAM
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I currently have 512 of PC800 RDRAM on a Dell 8200 desktop. I am considering a new computer, and looking at 1gig of 3200-XMS DDR400CL2 (which is DDR SDRAM, I believe). The new computer would also have the 800 frontside bus.
My question is, will I see a significant speed increase, even though I am going from RDRAM to DDR SDRAM? What impact will this have on loading web pages? video editing? moderate gaming?
My question is, will I see a significant speed increase, even though I am going from RDRAM to DDR SDRAM? What impact will this have on loading web pages? video editing? moderate gaming?
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While dual channel PC800 was faster than dual channel PC1600 DDR SDRAM (the synchronous rate for a 400 bus P4), and dual channel PC1066 is faster than dual channel PC 2100 (the synchronous rate for a 533 bus P4), there IS no RDRAM that can operate at 800MHz (PC1600 RDRAM). You'd have to have a Quad Channel PC800 board just to make RDRAM work right. So DDR is the only way to go. And yes, it will be faster, due to the higher clockrate.
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For web use you might as well have a PII 400 and some PC100 SDRAM. New hardware can't speed up a slow internet. Video rendering might improve, gaming should improve. Video encoding would be a great place to take advantage of the extra memory bandwidth.
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