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To: jim kelley who wrote (41834)	5/9/2000 1:44:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93625

Jim and all, Dell's Optiplex GX200 page: commerce.us.dell.com 600 MHz Pentium III system w/ 64M PC800 RDRAM (ECC no less) and a 15" monitor, among other things, goes for $1,477.00 Now, just in case a 600 MHz processor, 64 megs of memory, and a 15" monitor isn't to your liking, you could always up the ante to this system: commerce.us.dell.com This is the same system with a 733 MHz Pentium III, 128 megs of non-ECC RDRAM, and a 17" monitor, all for $1,930.00. And to think that these prices are possible while RDRAM is still in short supply and expensive. And as RDRAM prices continue to drop (thanks for the regular updates, Dave B), we'll see even lower price points for RDRAM-based systems in the near future. Tenchusatsu

To: jim kelley who wrote (41834)	5/9/2000 1:47:00 PM
From: Bilow	Respond to of 93625

Hi jim kelley; Re ASUS pricing differences between DDR and SDR versions of their card... Why are you focusing on the largest difference? I don't see the Rambus types running around quoting the price differences between the most expensive Rambus machine in order to demonstrate that the technology is affordable. Instead, you want to look at the cheapest equipment... Anyway, ASUS' DDR board is a complete redesign of the SDR, probably with added features, though it is hard for me to dig through the marketing goop: asus.com asus.com More interesting is the included photos of the product. Note how the SDR card took eight x16 SDRAMs, while the DDR card uses four x32 DDR chips. Consequently, we are not comparing memory prices on a straight SDR vs DDR level, but are also including a package change, and the change from SDRAM to SGRAM. -- Carl