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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (83167)	12/15/1999 5:49:00 PM
From: Petz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570915

Jim, i840 mobo's have two RAMBUS channels. Advantage: higher maximum data rate Disadvantage: you need to install RAMBUS in pairs and higher cost. There are two OR840 motherboard distributors listed on pricewatch, at about $305. tomshardware.com has a review of the OR840 motherboard out today. On certain benchmarks and games it beats the i820 motherboards (RAMBUS) and the BX chipset motherboards (SDRAM) by over 20%. I guess thats why Intel uses it for SPECint and SPECfp. Petz