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To: bay aufarb who wrote (46418)	7/1/2000 5:26:54 AM
From: Eric K.	Respond to of 93625

This thread does not like questions about the utility of RDRAM. <g> According to the RDRAM piece at Tom's Hardware, you do not need to consider the added cost of RDRAM in your decision. It offers, on average, no better than PC-133 SDRAM performance, hence, the addition of "considering the added cost" is kind of superfluous. As to this thread, probably 70% of the discourse ultimately boils down to whether or not the RAMBUS bandwidth optimizing solution is useful for improving system performance now or in the near-term future. I am among the group that argue no; the majority of the posters to this board argue yes. One side is wrong on this issue-- which side is wrong will probably not be completely clear for another six to nine months. In terms of your system, you should _obviously_ go and buy an AMD Athlon from HP, Compaq, or Gateway and not concern yourself with RDRAM. -Eric

To: bay aufarb who wrote (46418)	7/1/2000 8:21:50 PM
From: Dave B	Respond to of 93625

bay, As opposed to Eric's response, I do, in fact, enjoy talking about RDRAM's performance. The first question, however, is what you plan to do with your system. If you're going to just do word processing and spreadsheet work, you don't need a high-end system. Save your money and buy a 500Mhz something. On the other hand, if you need a high-performance system, go check out the May issues of PC Magazine and PC World (much more credible than Tom). The Dell RDRAM systems won 15 of 16 benchmarks handily. As new systems, three of the top five Performance systems in the PC World issue were RDRAM systems, and the Dell 800Mhz PIII/820/RDRAM combo tied the Athlon 1Ghz systems, while the Dell 1Ghz PIII/820/RDRAM system performed 33% better than the 1Ghz Athlon systems. And, to top it all off, as I posted a week or two ago, there is now only a 5% price differential between identically configured Dell T Series (SDRAM) and B Series (RDRAM) systems. So the price performance ratio is clearly in RDRAM's favor at this point. Dave