Originally posted by: cuzznkev
About the Abit Boards. I am interested in the TH7-IIR, which is an 850 chipset board. However, I think I am waffling. My concerns are regarding the DDR v. RDRAM debate. It seems to me that the RDRAM is better and prices are bearable. However, what is the long term on this issue? I just read an article about the new P4 2.4 (Here) and the last couple of sentences go something like this
"...The simple reason behind this relates to the cost of RIMM modules in contrast to DDR, and the moderate gain in performance isn't enough to sway the average consumer. In summary, the Intel 850E chipset caters extremely well for the power-user, but the high cost and uncertain future of RDRAM makes it a no-go for most price conscience buyers - but not everybody is price conscience!"
Uncertain future???? Are they scrapping this line and going to focus on the 845??? If so, it would seem as the BD-7IIR would be the way to go. Any comments.
The reason i'm grabing the Asus P4T533-C is for RDram@1066 speed. I do things that are graphical intesive, and i really need the extra bandwidth even if Intel does not focus on Rimm motherboards in the future, does not matter, in 2 years i will upgrade again to a new motherboard + CPU so it wont' matter if they will use Rambus Technology or not