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System Name | SECONDARY RIG / PRIMARY RIG / THIRD RIG |
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Processor | i920@3.6GHz / i920@4GHz / AMD Phenom II 955 |
Motherboard | Gigabyte EX58-UD4P / Gigabyte EX58-UD7 / ASRock 890GX3 |
Cooling | CoolIT Domino ALC / Thermalright Silver Arrow / Thermalright VenomousX |
Memory | 12GB DDR3 @ 1800MHZ / 6GB DDR3 @ 2250MHZ / 4GB DDR3 @ 1600MHZ |
Video Card(s) | XFX ATI RADEON 5970 / GAINWARD NVIDIA GTX 580 / 2xGEFORCE GTX295 |
Storage | 1550GB / 6TB SAS - SSD / 160GB SSD |
Display(s) | NEC 26WUXi2 / NEC 3090WQXi / SONY 55A2000 (1080P 55inch) |
Case | COOLER MASTER HAF 932 / COOLER MASTER ATCS 840 / ANTEC DARKFLEET DF85 |
Audio Device(s) | Soundblaster X-Fi Xtreme Music / SoundBlaster X-Fi Fatal1ty Pro / Realtek Onboard |
Power Supply | CWT 1200W / Enermax Revolution 85+ 1250W / Ikonik Vulcan 1200W |
Software | Windows 7 x64 / Windows 7 x64 / Windows 7 x64 |
AMD claims to have created a new memory controller which will double the memory capacity on its high-end server and workstation systems. AMD says that the G3MX technology will become available in 2009 and will target memory intensive systems such as virtualisation servers and large databases. When it comes to conventional systems, Ram modules connect directly to a memory controller on the motherboard or are built into the CPU. Nathan Brookwood principal analyst at Insight64 had the following to say about AMD's newest achievement.
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In larger systems requiring more memory, a buffer must be used between the memory module and the controller to avoid a decrease in performance. The current choice for this is fully-buffered Ram modules which contain a built-in buffer. But the problem with fully buffered Ram is that it is expensive and power-hungry, and hampers performance. Fully buffered Dims were thought to be a big thing, and they turned out not to be. Every memory chip paid a price in terms of latency.
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