DDR or SDRAM?

[cartman_go]

to run osx86 on a pc, do you need ddr or sdram?

[littlepr]

Since most of the compatile boards are DDR I am going to suggest DDR.

[JimBob]

Check out the hardware forum for more on the best hardware. I don't think memory in itself is the issue as much as the motherboard, processor, etc that the memory is installed with.

[declan]

I may be wrong but any sse2 supported chip only work with ddr chips.

[New001]

to run osx86 on a pc, do you need ddr or sdram?

 

 

On my "About This Mac", it says "512MB DDR SDRAM"

 

[Eskurza]

I may be wrong but any sse2 supported chip only work with ddr chips.

 

This is not true. There are P4 boards with SDRAM also Xeon Boards come with RDRAM usually.

 

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SDRAM is old and slower.. DDR is the new technology..

[declan]

Wasn't quite sure, am tired, probably best to rest brain, as am not thinking straight. I know about Xeon and RDRAM, but the q was DDR or SDRAM, interesting to know some boards support p4 and sdram..DDRAM is precisely what it says, double the data rate of sdram

 

o and you can forgive me cos i'm tired and slightly drunk, nighty night

 

I suppose the response is ram doesn't matter, as long as the chip supports PAE and SSE2, and a bit of luck you should be ok. Though my first attempt on a AMD Sempron 3000+ failed, motherboard wasn't compatible, so i ended up building a custom intel setup...Its just hit and miss whether your current setup works, though its pretty cheep to build a compatible system.

[vinlar]

to run osx86 on a pc, do you need ddr or sdram?

DDR is simply a category of SDRAM. DDR (double data rate) means that data is transferred on the leading and trailing edges of each clock cycle. An SDRAM module that lacks "DDR" will only transfer data once per clock cycle.

[Sabr]

Well, actually, DDR2 is the new kid on the block...