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DDR or Rambus
Name: Chad Date: April 4, 2002 at 11:28:10 Pacific
Comment:
When it comes to ram, which is required to have two sticks installed:
I never heard that before.But the more memory the better your PC runs.Wiyh enough Memory you can get ride of the Page File and you wont fragment you hard disk as much
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Response Number 2
Name: Mike Date: April 4, 2002 at 11:43:20 Pacific
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Im pretty sure it's not DDR I have one 256 stick installed on my board and that is adequate.
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Response Number 3
Name: Frank Lavallee Date: April 4, 2002 at 11:48:21 Pacific
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If your motherboard gives you a choice, go with PC2100 DDR-RAM, and install no less than 256 MB, but preferably 512 MB.
Windows XP likes a page file equal to 1-1/2 times the amount of RAM, so don't disable it or limit its size too much. Set it to a fixed size(i.e. for 512 MB of RAM, set the minimum and maximum to 768 MB).
That is correct you need to use 2 sticks if you want to use RAMBUS. 256MB = 2x128MB 512 = 2x256MB. RAMBUS proccesses at 266 instead of 133 like SDRAM but it has to process through both card where SDRAM is quicker for small tasks. For gaming use RAMBUS it works better for streeming media
Ah... so Rambus is similar to the old EDO in that the memory sticks need to be installed in pairs. My old PC I just got rid of used EDO. I hated EDO for that reason.
Memory had to be added in matched sets of two so upgrading one's RAM could be expensive to say the least. And it was a few years ago when memory prices were high.
I'm glad I opted for the Athlon config on my new PC, which uses DDR 266 MHz DIMMs.
Why does RDRAM use such a small bus? 16-bit? That is so stupid. Why not use a 32-bit bus instead and then it should be way faster and you can use single modules.
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