The Return Of Rambus : SiS R659 Technology Preview

[NFS4]

http://www.gamepc.com/labs/view_content.asp?id=sis659tp&page=1

 

[mcveigh]

my sphincter is already starting to hurt :|

 

[AndyHui]

The information that I have from RAMBUS looks very interesting though. We will have a board to test soon.

 

[InlineFive]

Ugh. Don't revive a overpriced, underperformanced memory...

 

[308nato]

Originally posted by: PorBleemo
Ugh. Don't revive a overpriced, underperformanced memory...

Underperformanced ? Hmmmm.

 

[Ladybug7709]

can you guys test it with a P4 EE

 

[Duvie]

Lets see if they can actually get anybody to build these things cause their last couple of announcements have been DUDS!!!!

 

[Thor86]

Originally posted by: PorBleemo
Ugh. Don't revive a overpriced, underperformanced memory...

Haha, you obviously know nothing about the technology.

 

[Duvie]

Originally posted by: Thor86

Originally posted by: PorBleemo
Ugh. Don't revive a overpriced, underperformanced memory...

Haha, you obviously know nothing about the technology.

Hmmm!!! I think he had the overpriced right for the performance versus DDR....It may have changed for the better now since they don't have the allegiance with INtel so they need to move product but the price was definitely a premium....


So how many board manufacturers made the sis658???? I think it will be another dud!!!

 

[1966]

Ramass Ram,i mean Rambus ram,no thanks.

 

[AndyHui]

We should have a board coming in from a tier 1 manufacturer soon.

 

[Duvie]

Originally posted by: AndyHui
We should have a board coming in from a tier 1 manufacturer soon.

Yeah but how many will make them and will they become anything more then the tiny niche market they are now...I was looking at the sis658 when in my opinion the early granite bay mobos and pc2100 were less then exciting but I was disappointed in the showing.

 

[Ladybug7709]

if there is a 15-20% increase in performance across the board compared to a similarly equipped canterwood setup, it might be worth considering. for me at least.

 

[AndyHui]

Originally posted by: Ladybug7709
if there is a 15-20% increase in performance across the board compared to a similarly equipped canterwood setup, it might be worth considering. for me at least.

 

[Corporate Thug]

i'm sorry, am i crazy or does that board only have 1 dimm slot??

 

[Hamilton]

No there are 2 slots. 1 above the cpu and one to the right.

 

[Acanthus]

i want my dual channel 32 bit 1333mhz rimms that were supposed to be out by now

 

[Acanthus]

4 channel PC1200 will KILL DDR in performance, period. Its far lower latency than DDR at that speed. As RDRAM naturally decreases latency with an increase in clockspeed.

Man and i just sold my 32ns Rimms >< (PC1200)

 

[Czar]

well its 32bit now, ALOT better than that crap 16 bit they had

 

[brian_riendeau]

I see it is still popular to be hating on RAMBUS =/ The technology was good, the performance was there, the main thing holding it back was people's bitter hatred toward the company. For quite some time, RAMBUS was a very good solution is top performance was the goal. For some reason, it was OK when other companies charged extra for premium products, but when RAMBUS did it, they were ripping everyone off, blah blah blah.

 

[Czar]

Originally posted by: brian_riendeau
I see it is still popular to be hating on RAMBUS =/ The technology was good, the performance was there, the main thing holding it back was people's bitter hatred toward the company. For quite some time, RAMBUS was a very good solution is top performance was the goal. For some reason, it was OK when other companies charged extra for premium products, but when RAMBUS did it, they were ripping everyone off, blah blah blah.

and you do know why?

 

[fkloster]

"RDRAM technology on the PC, which promises better performance compared to the 875P for the Pentium 4, along with 50% more memory bandwidth compared to any other platform on the market."

:Q Oh man am I going to be excited if Asus makes that board and it performs like it is supposed to...

 

[brian_riendeau]

"and you do know why?"

of course, companies are never well accepted when they attempt to make a business model out of lawsuits

my point is that people's opinion of how the company is run, clouds their vision when it comes to evulating the product itself. it would be like if bmw claimed they had a patent on the tire and tried enforcing it, then everyone would start saying that all bmws are horribly built and overpriced.

 

[Johnbear007]

The problem imo with Rambus, is that it is always a bad value. Rambus keeps leaving and returning, and that means that anytime people buy Rambus, they can RARELY carry it over to their next system, unlike DDR, which many people cary through motherboard upgardes. It may be cool technologically, but sux for value.

 

[AndyHui]

Originally posted by: fkloster
"RDRAM technology on the PC, which promises better performance compared to the 875P for the Pentium 4, along with 50% more memory bandwidth compared to any other platform on the market."

:Q Oh man am I going to be excited if Asus makes that board and it performs like it is supposed to...

ASUS P4S13G is what you want to look out for.