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DDR and SDRAM be used simultaneously?

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Can the ddr and sdram memory be used simultaneously? and also....can i buy a 266 fsb cpu and put it in my 200 fsb mobo?
 
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to be a little clearer...on the asus a7a266 mobo (which has both ddr and sdram dimm's)....can i put pc133 ram and put pc1600 ram and make it still work?
 
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The short answer is NO you can not use the SD and DDR together, its one or the other as far as using a the 200fsb mobo, Im pretty s\ure that the 266 will not work either. If a faster USB is important to you Id recomend upgrading to a 266fsb mobo preferable with the AMD761 chipset. Let me know if this advice helps. Good luck!
 
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wait so in other words....sdram will be obsolete? so i might as well buy ddr ram? and rather not waste buying a whole buncha sdram for nothing?
 
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Let me be clear here friend... The industry seems to be going toward DDR ram because of the benefits and alledged faster performance... Personally Im going with DDR. The board you have AsusA7A266 is intended for users upgrading from a previous system who want to take advantage of their old SD Ram or just people looking for the economic way to upgrade and save by taking advantage of lower SD Ram prices. I think that eventually SD Ram will not be used on high end PC's kinda like what happened to EDO Ram. For the time being Id recomend that you use your existing SD Ram unless performance is important to you then get the edge and run DDR. Oh almost forget...If you did not buy the mobo yet Id choose one with the AMD 761 chipset example Epox Ak7A or equivalent...this board only uses DDR.
 
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whats AMD 761 chipset mean? so the Epox Ak7A is better than the asus a7a266 because it only uses ddr?
 
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Ok...AMD761 is the chipset....it has to do with the motherboard, the reason I recomend the Epox or any other board with amd 761 chipset (DDR Ram only) its because it has a proven good performance compared to the Asus A7A which uses an Alimagik chipset which it allows you to use SD Ram or DDR Ram....I recomend you read alittle on this chipset subject so you get a better Idea. If you didnt buy a motherboard yet I recomend you get one with an AMD 761 chipset...Theres different chipsets available on motherboards out there and they all work fine but if you are upgrading definetly DDR Ram is the way to go and it will work with the AMD 761 chipset.
 
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No I dont design the AMD761 or anything else for that matter, I just recomend based on my experience. Just read around and see whats best for your particular case Good Luck :)
 
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Normally if it were SDrams involved I would have recomended a Via Chipset board (like one of the Asus ones).

but for the DDR offering, if you do plan to go with it at some time, the availible chipsets that can support it at.

AliMagik - Anything but magic
Via's Solution (dont know chipset name) - Still needs work around the corner.
AMD761 - This chipset is currently the best DDR solution avalible.

Just a note of advice, if you dont need to get a DDR system right now, I would wait closer towards christmas, I belive VIA might have something new by them, but first time platform attempts are always requiring some waittime, unless you are like one of our guinene pigs or lab rats, and like to try the best thing heard of currently, I would just wait.

In my opinion DDR is not even worth it yet, the performance increase is so marginal in real world situation, the memory is theoretically capable of doing speeds so much faster than our current PC133 SDrams. However on nearly all computers, our computers are as fast as our slowest part. In this case would be the motherboard. Because most of the motherboard solutions for AMD are based on FSB of 100 or 133 , (though chip can do 266 now) , the asynchronous design(not all speed pathways are the same from one componet to the next) performance boost is not very good , to go out and change platform completely. I would wait til they either have new motherboards or new chipsets, that can increase the memory bandwidth itself by allowing higher FSB. Kind of like the P4 (Not a 400Mhtz FSB btw ,just a quad piped 100Mhtz FSB , which is a little trickery , but it does allow much more data bandwidh to move back and forth from RDrams and possibly soon DDR rams) Karl Blessing aka kb244{fastHACK}
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Hey thanks for telling me all of that. Now you convinced to wait so i didnt have to waste all of the money. Thanks again!
 
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well if you are using them both, and you have pc133 sd ram, and your using say pc200ddr ram it will only work at 133, its a transfer board, for those people who have sd ram, dont wanna buy ddr now, but will eventually, its an easy way to save money
 
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There is always something faster around the corner! and if you wait for the better thing to come along there will always be another better thing just down the road, along in a minute!
Buy the best you can afford NOW! in your case, YES! DDR ram and YES a mobi based on the current BEST chipset sollution the AMD 761. Martin
PS or forever stick with your Vic 12! lolol
 
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