>> the max bandwidth of RDRAM is higher than equivalent (PC133 DDR) SDRAM
This statement isn't exactly true - Yes PC800 RDRAM in P4 systems has a bandwidth of 3.2 GB/s but that is is a dual channel system. That is 2 1.6 GB/s Rambus busses operating in parallel.
All of the DDR systems on the market are single channel 2.1 GB/s busses.
So per bus DDR SDRAM has a higher bandwidth, which means that the dual channel DDR Nvidia NForce with its 4.2 GB/s bandwidth should be cool whenever it actually shows up.
Plus RDRAM has the problem that you ask it for data....
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>> the max bandwidth of RDRAM is higher than equivalent (PC133 DDR) SDRAM This statement isn't exactly true - Yes PC800 RDRAM in P4 systems has a bandwidth of 3.2 GB/s but that is is a dual channel system. That is 2 1.6 GB/s Rambus busses operating in parallel. All of the DDR systems on the market are single channel 2.1 GB/s busses. So per bus DDR SDRAM has a higher bandwidth, which means that the dual channel DDR Nvidia NForce with its 4.2 GB/s bandwidth should be cool whenever it actually shows up. Plus RDRAM has the problem that you ask it for data ....
(wait)
(wait)
(wait)
(wait)
(wait)
(wait)
(wait)
andthenitallcomesrealfastbutyourcpuhasbeensittingi dleforsometimenow