You might want to check out Anand's review, Dick, where we get to see Intel's latest paper launch running with the prefered memory solution, the one that costs less and gives better performance.
anandtech.com
I was amused, of course, by some of Craig (formerly Mako) Campanaro's conclusions: planethardware.com
Highs
Near-aftermarket level heatsink/fan right out of the box
Some advantage, it's the size of a brick. That a "high" of doing a paper launch of an overclocked CPU.
Lows
Possible tight supply
Ah, the understated wit of a true Intel suckup there. For further entertainment, I'll go back to Craig's original review of the 820/Rambus system, back in his "Mako" Sharky days. sharkyextreme.com
But did we notice a difference when multiple applications within Win98 were
launched back to back, or when Win98 decides it needs to reorganize its swap
file right as you round the corner in a Quake3 multiplayer game and expose
yourself to enemy fire? . . .
The Quake3 example we just mentioned is a poignant one.
Ask yourself, is there anything as maddening as experiencing a smooth 35fps
environment in an online game, only to confront a well armed enemy just as the
hard drive kicks in, doing the bidding of the mysterious gremlins that force it to
activate at the worst possible times?
Craig's just the guy to demonstrate the superiority of the rambus experience. Who cares about benchmarks, when Craig Campanaro can tell us about his subjective experience. Rambus- the memory of choice for people who defrag their disks while playing quake. |
