Warp Speed with Rambus: Six Boards for PC1066

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Rambus Boards: Cost Reduction Via Four-Layer Design

Page 1: Introduction
Page 2: A Comeback For Rambus? Six Boards With Intel 850E, Continued
Page 3: Rambus Technology: 16 Bit Vs. 32 Bit
Page 4: Rambus Technology: 16 Bit Vs. 32 Bit, Continued
Page 5: Kingston: 256 MB With 32 Ns RDRAM
Page 6: Comparison: Chipsets For Pentium 4
Page 7: Rambus Boards: Cost Reduction Via Four-Layer Design
Page 8: Asus P4T533-C: A Close Race With Gigabyte
Page 9: Asus P4T533-C: A Close Race With Gigabyte, Continued
Page 10: Asus P4T533: The Only Board With 32 Bit RDRAM Support
Page 11: Biostar M7TTB: In The Early Sample Stages
Page 12: Gigabyte GA-8IHXP: It Can't Get More Feature-Rich Than This
Page 13: Gigabyte GA-8IHXP: It Can't Get More Feature-Rich Than This, Continued
Page 14: Intel D850EMV2: Stability At A High Price
Page 15: Iwill P4R533-N: Inexpensive, Few Features
Page 16: Test Setup And Details
Page 17: Benchmark Results
Page 18: OpenGL Performance: Quake 3 Arena
Page 19: DirectX 8 Games: 3D Mark 2001
Page 20: MP3 Audio Encoding: Mp3 Maker Platinum
Page 21: SiSoft Sandra 2002 Benchmarks: CPU And Multimedia
Page 22: CPU Und Multimedia Performance: PC Mark 2002
Page 23: 3D Rendering Performance: SPECviewperf 7.0
Page 24: Archiving: WinACE 2.11
Page 25: Conclusion: Stability And Performance For P4

Rambus Boards: Cost Reduction Via Four-Layer Design

Most of the P4 motherboard manufacturers use the four-layer technology in order to save on costs. Only Intel and Gigabyte use six layers, and even then, Gigabyte manages to offer its 850E board at a reasonable price. Comparing the two boards from Asus, the latter two images show the circuitry. By using the 16 bit RDRAM interface (Asus P4T533), more space is required than with the 32 bit interface on the Asus P4T533.