Monday, June 4th 2007
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Gigabyte shows off new version of RAM-disk at Computex 2007
The last version of the Gigabyte RAM-disk was a clever invention that allowed it's user to treat up to 4GB of RAM as a hard disk. When people installed Windows XP to this RAM-disk, the result was an extraordinarily fast boot/shutdown time, very nice system response, and speedy file access. Gigabyte has taken to heart the motto of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". The GO-RAMDISK by Gigabyte takes the old RAM-disk, which could hold 4GB of RAM and interfaced with a local SATA port, and put it in a 5.25" drive bay. Gigabyte also added status LED's and a battery check button.
There's no word as to when we can start seeing this, but here's a picture of it at Computex 2007.
Source:
The Inquirer
There's no word as to when we can start seeing this, but here's a picture of it at Computex 2007.
26 Comments on Gigabyte shows off new version of RAM-disk at Computex 2007
3gb/sec(woops it's SATA I 1.5 gb/sec)sorry for the long post guys.
JBOD a few of these, 12Gb on three, enough for windows and swap space. :D
BTW, you also need to subtract out of that equation for RAM the latency, so theoretical bandwidth is great but actual is likely close to SATA 3.0
besides that....SATA is on it's on interface i believe (so max is x gb/sec to sb)so.....3 is probably overkill, and you're not going to be able to get maximum performance out of it.EDIT: found a flow chart of the p35 chipset. notice that the sb is connected to the nb by a 2 gb/sec interface, so even a 3gb/sec SATA device couldn't use it all (if it could get up there)
This needs SATA300 with support for DDR/DDR2 and DDR3 (choices of which version you want)
ddr2 there is no point to make it ddr2 ddr1 is cheap and there is going to be allot of it laying around soon even if there was ddr 2 on it it wouldnt make it faster cause its on sata which ddr easily keeps up with
i hope this one is sata 2 not sata 1 like the old one
DDR2 would be nice, not for speed, but because DDR2 is so damn cheap.
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