With the release of the 760 chip from AMD, Athlons will use DDRAM.
Jason Pierce
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On 09|04|2000| at 07|55 PM| Abe wrote:
R>as far as I know there are no athlon motherboards that actually can use
RDRAM.
R> From my research I'm pretty sure that RDRAM is Intels and Rambus's baby
and
R>even Intel is having second thoughts. AMD's web site recommends high
quality
R>pc-100 or pc-133 ram.
R>
R>
R>Abe
R>
R>>===== Original Message From Jaguar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =====
R>>Some of the sites I have seen/read suggest that an Athlon runs happier
with
R>>RDRam
R>>Another $0.02 worth...:)
R>>Jaguar
R>>
R>>"Ronald J. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
R>>> Abe wrote:
R>>> >
R>>> > I'm running mandrake 7.1 on a Duron 600 with ASUS A7V motherboard.
I did
R>>the
R>>> > install myself. 7.1 installed perfectly on my system. Perhaps it
is the
R>>Abit
R>>> > board that is causing the problems? The other possible issue is
power
R>>supply
R>>> > and RAM. The Athlon series want a high quality 300w power supply
and AMD
R>>> > recommends that you use new ram in conjunction with these chips.
I'm
R>>using
R>>> > pc-100 ram that is about a year old in my system and I haven't had
any
R>>> > problems.
R>>> >
R>>> > Good luck!
R>>> >
R>>> > Abe
R>>>
R>>> Hi Abe. I have a question, even though its not quite related to this
R>>message
R>>> thread. Its about that RAM speed rating you mentioned. Is it okay to
use
R>>PC-100
R>>> with a fast Athlon system? Somebody told me I'd have to dump the RAM
I'm
R>>using
R>>> with my current K6-III/475mhz, if I upgraded to an Athlon.
(bottleneck)
R>>>
R>>> Thanks for any info!
R>>>
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