<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p><br>It has been shown however, that very fast DDR2 paired with the P965 chipset smokes the DDR3 <p><hr></blockquote><p><br>Well, the memory speed on these machines is 800MHz which isn't fast DDR2 by any stretch.<br><br>Plus, they use FB-DIMMS, and I don't believe there are any DDR3 FB-DIMMs yet, at least none that wouldn't cost at least 1/2 the price of the machine. The latency on FB-DIMMs is pretty poor, IIR.<br><br>These machines use server boards, not standard desktop boards.<br><br><br><br>Hey I'm an F'n Jerk!®
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Well, the memory speed on these machines is 800MHz which isn't fast DDR2 by any stretch.<br><br>So, you're not really getting anything of any significance in terms of performance are you? I mean if there are "server boards" out there with DDR2 1112 or 1067, why use 800MHz?<br><br><br>M i c h a e l (OFI)
Only thing I can think of is it's 1/2 the speed of the FSB.<br><br>Another thing I'm confused by is the seaberg boards I've seen hold either 64GB or 128GB of memory, so why do the Mac Pro's only handle 32?<br><br><br><br>Hey I'm an F'n Jerk!®
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Congrats! You were very patient but those 3 to 5 weeks will probably seem like 3 years to you as you try to be patient just a wee bit longer. <br><br><br><br>
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