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Gigabyte I-RAM: more info

@ 2005/06/09

I talked to the engineer who is involved with this product and he gave me the following information:
• The I-RAM will work with almost any motherboard
• If the PC is off but on an active power circuit, the I-RAM is powered
• There is no technical reason for a 4 GB limit
• Pricing is in the $60-70 range
• Product will be available early August
• It might be possible to use the PCI-E slot, but no plans yet

Comment from jmke @ 2005/06/10

check the link I posted earlier for Cebit

Comment from Faiakes @ 2005/06/10

Aha, which show was it?

Comment from piotke @ 2005/06/10

it is

edit: on the right

But that dates back to march this year..

Comment from Faiakes @ 2005/06/10

Aaah, misinformation. Isn't that you in Jmke's picture?

Comment from piotke @ 2005/06/10

Quote:

Originally posted by Faiakes
Welcome back Piotke!

How about those boothbabes? Gives all the juicy details. Was your testing thorough?:grin:

To Jmke:

google?

hu ? I've never been gone

No boothbabes now, exams

Comment from Faiakes @ 2005/06/10

To Hard Freak:

Thanks for taking the trouble mate.

Comment from Faiakes @ 2005/06/10

Welcome back Piotke!

How about those boothbabes?

Gives all the juicy details. Was your testing thorough?:grin:

To Jmke:

google?

Comment from piotke @ 2005/06/09

Quote:

Originally posted by HardFreak
Hm, it's fast, but it's as expensive as hell . Their probably won't fit a lot of games on it, espacialy if you use windows on it.
pcmemoryupgrade.co.uk:
» 1Gb DDR RAM PC2100 184 pins - Transcend E124 (CL2.5)
» 1Gb DDR RAM PC2700 184 pins V-Data (CL2.5) E 113
» 1Gb DDR RAM PC3200 184 pins (DDR400) (CL3) E116

http://commerce.sage.com/Cloetens?ac...VR400X64C3A_1G

DDR400 PC3200 1024MB 184Pin CL3 Kingston < 105 €

Comment from jmke @ 2005/06/09

@Faiakes: try google sometime, you might like it

Comment from wutske @ 2005/06/09

Hm, it's fast, but it's as expensive as hell

. Their probably won't fit a lot of games on it, espacialy if you use windows on it.
pcmemoryupgrade.co.uk:
» 1Gb DDR RAM PC2100 184 pins - Transcend E124 (CL2.5)
» 1Gb DDR RAM PC2700 184 pins V-Data (CL2.5) E 113
» 1Gb DDR RAM PC3200 184 pins (DDR400) (CL3) E116

Comment from Rutar @ 2005/06/09

I can find 1 GB sticks of Kingston Value PC2100 but they cost more than the 1 GB sticks of Kingston Value PC2700 =O

Comment from Faiakes @ 2005/06/09

Any news Jmke? You haven't given me an answer yet.

Comment from The Senile Doctor @ 2005/06/09

we happy few, we band of brothers!

Comment from jmke @ 2005/06/09

Quote:

Originally posted by Rutar
I think Gigabyte needs to find/describe an easy way to make it the OS disk.

put in WinXP CD
during setup load press "F6"
insert driver disk for SATA controller for motherboard

select 4192Mb unformatted disk.

done

Comment from Faiakes @ 2005/06/09

There is no need for PC3200.

iRAM will not run anything faster than PC2100 (DDR200 right?) anyway.

Do you think it is possible to find 1GB sticks of DDR200, were they even made?

Can one even find PC2700(DDR333) 1GB sticks (were they even made?)?

Comment from Rutar @ 2005/06/09

I think Gigabyte needs to find/describe an easy way to make it the OS disk.

that would be fun to boot up

Comment from jmke @ 2005/06/09

you have to calculate €70-100 for each DDR stick

cheapest one will run at CL3-4-4-8 @ PC3200

which is more then enough for the I-Ram

Comment from Faiakes @ 2005/06/09

****! That's very expensive.

What kind of RAM, is it the cheapest around?

Comment from jmke @ 2005/06/09

<2gb

card + 4gb cost would be ~€500 at the least

Comment from The Senile Doctor @ 2005/06/09

if you get one iram with 4 gb for OS and quick apps... 4 gb will be enough for me...

how much is a clean windows install?

Comment from Faiakes @ 2005/06/09

JMKE have done a calculation what it will cost with the RAM (and what kind is more likely to be)

Comment from Faiakes @ 2005/06/09

I'll just buy 2 iRAMs then

Comment from jmke @ 2005/06/09

uhm; that post is a quote from the article linked

to answer your memory question, yes there are 2gb sticks, yes they are expensive

(€500-€700 for DDR)

Comment from Faiakes @ 2005/06/09

Aha! Now that's more like it!

One major problem is almost solved. with the help of a UPS it is removed entirely too.

Could you ask how soon before a 4+GB version?

Are there sticks of RAM bigger than 1GB?

Can you have sticks of different size?

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