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Dual 2ghz G5 with 32Gb of RAM??!

Re: Dual 2ghz G5 with 32Gb of RAM??!

That ram won't work the G5 needs DDR PC3200
 
Besides not being compatible - why would you want memory that costs so much more than the machine....you'd get better results with multiple machines at these prices....

D
 
Originally posted by edesignuk
for $56k I could get a HoT car to brag about, not RAM :rolleyes: :p
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I couldn't agree with you more. Heck, that would cover all of my college loans, credit cards, and wedding/honeymoon combo. However, that doesn't mean there aren't people who would actually buy that, just to say they have the most tricked out desktop ever.

Let's put it this way:

http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/shop/ultimate/ult/dsk/ULT14SGH1001.01.html

I'm sure somebody out there will actually fork out $40,000 for this thing. Bragging rights.
 
DDR PC2100 • CL=2.5 • Registered • ECC • 7.5ns • 2.5V • 512Meg x 72
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Besides being Registered & ECC and the wrong speed, Apple included this NOTE...
The largest DIMM supported is a two-bank DIMM of 2 GB using 512 Mbit DDR SDRAM devices. The maximum number of devices per DIMM is 16.
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Well, just think, 15 years ago 4GB cost several million dollars.
And 15 Years from now it will probably cost a little more than a dollar. :D

That MONSTER also has 72 512MB chips!! That's 16 banks when most 184pin Memory DIMMS have 1 or 2. I don't know if it would physically fit in the G5 case if it was supportable, which it isn't, so it's rather a moot point.

I guess it is a milestone, that the entire 32 bit address space can fit on 1 dimm (even if it is much larger than a regular dimm) - next stop, 64bit!

-Wyrm
 
With that much RAM you could install OSX.3 + Apple's Pro Apps with all extras and still have more RAM left than any G5 can currently handle - bring it on apple.

You think apple wont suport these types of DIMMs in their next powermac g5?
 
Originally posted by benixau
With that much RAM you could install OSX.3 + Apple's Pro Apps with all extras and still have more RAM left than any G5 can currently handle - bring it on apple.

You think apple wont suport these types of DIMMs in their next powermac g5?
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DDR2 is supposed to make it's way off the video card onto the motherboard, probably.

Though I cannot remember what the major differences were between it and the current DDR.
 
Originally posted by Sun Baked
DDR2 is supposed to make it's way off the video card onto the motherboard, probably.

Though I cannot remember what the major differences were between it and the current DDR.
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DDRII, from what I've seen on vid cards, allows the effective memory clock to be rated at double its set speed. For a better understanding, its like what DDR did to SDRAM (in magnitude of performance gain)
 
Originally posted by G5orbust
DDRII, from what I've seen on vid cards, allows the effective memory clock to be rated at double its set speed. For a better understanding, its like what DDR did to SDRAM (in magnitude of performance gain)
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Actually that's QDR. DDR II is just package and signalling differences to allow the clock rate to be increased beyond DDR. It still sends data on the rising and falling clock edges like DDR. Problem is DDRII gets really hot for a modest increase in performance.

-Wyrm
 
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