DO you think XDR-Ram is the good choice for PS3's setup?

[Josh378]

Just wondering what you guys may think, and if not, then what ram do you think would work perfect with the PS3?

This is based on what we know now....

-Josh378

 

[Squeak]

I guess Sony has good reason to choose that over open standards like DDR.

 

[AlNom]

well, what's so good about XDR? :?

 

[Josh378]

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[Guden Oden]

well, what's so good about XDR? :?

In a nutshell: very high bandwidth for not particulary many pins and easily scaleable in bus width. I'm sure there are other considerations too.

 

[MfA]

Main advantage, low power consumption. Main disadvantage is that the 1 interface to 1 chip mapping means your portential memory configurations are rather limited. Not very relevant to the PS3 assuming they planned everything well, but the memory is poorly suited to PCs.

 

[jvd]

the ram will also most likely be more expensive than ddr ram .

Esp if ms goes with ddr ram that is heavly used or gdr ram that is used in a ton of devices .

 

[thop]

What does the X stand for?

 

[kenneth9265_3]

Xtreme I guess

Whats better, XDR or GDDR?

 

[kenneth9265_3]

Xtreme I guess

Whats better, XDR or GDDR?

 

[jvd]

Xtreme I guess

Whats better, XDR or GDDR?

depends on clock speeds .But i would wager in the end xdr will provide more bandwidth .