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To: WTT2 who wrote (10)	1/21/1998 9:03:00 PM
From: Zeuspaul	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14778

>>better performance for your $ by getting the most RAM<< I am trying to figure out what type of RAM capability to get on the motherboard. My preference would be to select RAM that can be moved to a future motherboard. DIMM is very confusing. There is buffered and non buffered, and then there is an eprom on the chip. Can I reprogram the EPROM so the DIMM can be used on a different motherboard? The DIMM package for my IBM P365 says that it is specifically for the P365. Some motherboard retailers with PII boards and DIMM slots indicate that the RAM *MUST* be purchased from them. Motherboard specific RAM doesn't seem like a very good option to me as I want a lot of RAM and the money will be wasted if I can't move it forward. For AGP optimization I believe I need DIMM. I don't believe there are any motherboards with AGP support for socket 7 yet. Maybe it is too soon to go for AGP capability. Can anyone help with a recommendation for the best forward compatible and universal RAM type?