I am an avid fan of Tom's Hardware and feel compelled to voice an opinion based on the review of the Intel 845D chipset.
Since the beginning of the Pentium 4 processor, Tom's has genuinely sided with the DDR crowd and basically denounced RAMBUS (mainly because of price and probably that no other MB chipset manufacturer supports it). All criticism and finger pointing at Intel due to the lack DDR support has virtually overshadowed every motherboard review to date. Now it is December 2001 and Intel has graced the computer industry with DDR support for the long awaiting masses.
Intel has a long standing reputation of reliability and stability, particularly where AGP and chipset's are concerned. VIA, SIS and Apollo have all suffered in the arena of compatiblity and stability with windows; whereas, Intel have always done their homework and released a high quality hardware/software combination. To say that we, the end user, are too brand conscious is not giving credit where credit is due. Why use Quake 3 as a benchmark on every graphics card review? Because it is synonomous with consistently measuring the speed and efficiency of the card and drivers. Just as Intel is consistent with the R&D and support for their products for the end user. It really irritates me that the review was not more positive in favor of the DDR support for the Pentium 4 by Intel.
Intel Goes DDR - Do We Really Care? Unequivocally - YES!! With the continued success of Intel for future development and long standing objective to raise the bar for processor improvement, we all should be mindful of the impact that Intel will always have. And also, to compare brand name fetish's with Lexus is just silly. In regard to quality, dependability and reliability, Lexus has set a benchmark that most other automobile manufacturers only aspire to. It is nice that they compare Intel and Lexus in the same breath, that is where I hold them in regard, but to critisize based on brand name does not cut it. I can buy a Kia Sephia for transportation, but I would rather have a Lexus any day. What's wrong? Couldn't afford one when you went to the dealer? Is that the beef you have with Intel as well? Just an observation..............
Since the beginning of the Pentium 4 processor, Tom's has genuinely sided with the DDR crowd and basically denounced RAMBUS (mainly because of price and probably that no other MB chipset manufacturer supports it). All criticism and finger pointing at Intel due to the lack DDR support has virtually overshadowed every motherboard review to date. Now it is December 2001 and Intel has graced the computer industry with DDR support for the long awaiting masses.
Intel has a long standing reputation of reliability and stability, particularly where AGP and chipset's are concerned. VIA, SIS and Apollo have all suffered in the arena of compatiblity and stability with windows; whereas, Intel have always done their homework and released a high quality hardware/software combination. To say that we, the end user, are too brand conscious is not giving credit where credit is due. Why use Quake 3 as a benchmark on every graphics card review? Because it is synonomous with consistently measuring the speed and efficiency of the card and drivers. Just as Intel is consistent with the R&D and support for their products for the end user. It really irritates me that the review was not more positive in favor of the DDR support for the Pentium 4 by Intel.
Intel Goes DDR - Do We Really Care? Unequivocally - YES!! With the continued success of Intel for future development and long standing objective to raise the bar for processor improvement, we all should be mindful of the impact that Intel will always have. And also, to compare brand name fetish's with Lexus is just silly. In regard to quality, dependability and reliability, Lexus has set a benchmark that most other automobile manufacturers only aspire to. It is nice that they compare Intel and Lexus in the same breath, that is where I hold them in regard, but to critisize based on brand name does not cut it. I can buy a Kia Sephia for transportation, but I would rather have a Lexus any day. What's wrong? Couldn't afford one when you went to the dealer? Is that the beef you have with Intel as well? Just an observation..............