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I'd suggest that it's too early for "prices to be coming down." By that I mean the supply/demand haven't settled out yet. I'm sure we'll see FB-DIMM pricing be more reflective of the cost to produce (the price drop you mention) in, say, a month if…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Placebo The injustice! Indeed. Oh well, not much longer...
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Quote: Originally Posted by ZachPruckowski My monitor has a stuck pixel though I don't know if it works or not, but isn't there a way to "massage" the pixels to get them working?
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Quote: Originally Posted by Messiah Ouch! Crucial UK's pricing is going up and down like a yo-yo at the moment. I was humming and hawing about spending £123 per 1GB (2x 512MB) upgrade last night, and this morning the price suddenly jumped to £184 …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mordak ...my ATI system shipped. Congrats, Mordak! A wave of jealousy has flooded my house.
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Placebo - thought you could use this widget... http://www.dashboardwidgets.com/show...s.php?wid=1468 I'm getting sick of checking on my shipping status, stupid watched pot not boiling...
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Quote: Originally Posted by kim kap sol Look at the kit price of 399 for the real price. Caught that. So, we're loosing about 10% clock speed, which we can overclock back anyway, and paying the same that ATI charges. \
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Quote: Originally Posted by a_greer Well, since they are just using PC cards, why not charge somewhere in the neighborhood of the PC price... What am I missing here? http://shop.ati.com/searchresults.asp?dept_id=17 Apple wants $250 US for t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ZachPruckowski 4 properly placed DIMMs saturate the bus (it's quad-channel). I edited my post to make it more clear. I don't think the latency is anything a user could notice, versus the percentage level gains achei…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Placebo If you accidentally cancel your order doing this, it's not my fault, but it would take quite a bit of stupidity to do so. That's a risk I dare not take... No change in shipping info here, although my Cr…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ZachPruckowski 4x512 is better than 2x1024. An interesting question is whether 8x512 is worse than 4x1024 (I think it is because of latency issues on the "back" RAM). My guess, and it's purely a guess, is that the g…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Placebo Wait, was he testing two gig sticks (two channels) versus four 512 sticks (four channels), or something less fair where the four-channel setup had more RAM? He had 6 GB, but didn't use them in every test. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Placebo Wow, the people from Anandtech are fucking liars, they claimed it would only increase performance by 3%. Most of the stuff I've read at Anandtech seems balanced, but for whatever reason, I trust the BareFeat…
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Well, I bit the bullet with Crucial's 2x 512 MB setup. I'll take some pictures to show you the sink if anyone is interested.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Placebo Crucial says they'll have gigsticks within 1-2 weeks. For me, 2 GB will be plenty, and 4x512 is the best way to saturate the memory bus. 8) Of course, that means I'll have to play more UT2004, 'cause Bare…
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That's a great summary!
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Quote: Originally Posted by JeffDM Sadly, the prices I stated weren't even Apple's prices. It's from a third party selling Mac Pro compatible memory. Stupid headcold = stupid Sharkbait. Bed time.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Placebo Get a gigabyte of Crucial's RAM (two 512MB sticks with Apple-style heatsinks) for $200. Good eye, thanks. I should probably wait until my Mac ships, but... can't... restrain... visa...
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Quote: Originally Posted by JeffDM That leaves a difference of $160, $80 per stick, $40 per heat sink. I dunno - I don't recall Apple ever selling RAM at a competitive price. They're a middle man, so split that $40 by two, half to being a midd…
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Quote: Originally Posted by meelash I hope I get a Mac Moe instead of the Mac Meenie.