Product DescriptionThrough GIGABYTE's custom intelligent controller, i-RAM acts like a regular SATA hard drive at theoretically 1.5Gb/s data transfer rate. By utilizing conventional DDR memory modules, i-RAM is outfitted with four 184-pin DIMM slots that will accept any DDR DIMM and support up to 4GB unbuffered / non-ECC memory. Most of all, the major issue of data lost after powering down is solved by i-RAM's backup battery which is charged by your system on the fly. Without mechanical elements of traditional hard disks, i-RAM's stunning performance coming from the nature of DRAM as storage medium benefits in massive storage access application such as video / audio capture and editing and 3D graphics design applications. i-RAM is the fastest storage device you have ever imagined!This product is compatible with the motherboards based on the following chipsets:Intel: ICH6 / ICH6R / ICH7 / ICH7R;VIA: 8237R;SiS: 964 / 965L;NVIDIA: NForce4 SLI / nForce4 4x / nForce4 SLI INTEL Edtion + MPC04;ULi: M1689.For a complete compatibility list please refer to the original manufacturer's web site.
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Rating: - Special-purpose, expensive, but wonderful
If you're looking for one of these then you probably have a special purpose in mind, and that's pretty much all it's good for. You can only put 4G in it, and the DDR RAM it takes costs a lot more than DDR2, and it would be even higher-performing if it was a SATA II device. I wish they'd update this thing.
I'm using this as a RAM cache for a particular application (Second Life), which would otherwise want a 1G or so cache on disc. This improves performance a lot, and silences the constant ... Read More
Rating: - Niche product, but if it's what you need...
Well, let's start with the pros of this item: First, it's a true RAM disk, so random I/O operations and file copies happen spooky fast. And yes, I put my pagefile on it and it sped my system up quite a bit, despite all the millions of back and forth threads on that subject. My system is an old Pentium 900 series dual core but I need it for what it does, and this should add a few more years to it. Would it speed up a brand new Penryn as much? I don't know. Also, from what I have read on other sites, ... Read More
Rating: - Solid Performer: Value Questionable
I decided to look into upgrading my machine a bit. Right now I have a Western Digital Raptor as my primary hard drive. I've noticed my boot times getting longer and longer (XP has been installed on this machine for a few years), so I thought it'd be interesting to benchmark some devices to see what they do to my boot time. In this case, I was able to get my hands on a fully loaded i-RAM. It cost $350 with 4GB of RAM, which is a bit pricey for the storage capacity, but considering what the potential speed ... Read More
Rating: - Great for Windows Development Box
I have this card installed, 4GB, in an XP machine. This is great for doing software development for large-ish solutions. I keep my SVN working copy on the RAM drive, and it speeds up compile times by roughly 30%. Plus, SVN operations are now completely CPU-bound.
If you're doing software development and experiencing a good deal of disk thrashing in your working copy, I would highly recommend trying out this product.
Rating: - Great improvment to my system.
I have the GIGABYTE i-RAM installed with 4GB... WOW... nice! I gave my system that little extra boost I needed. I'm using Windows XP and running the Paging File on my RAM Disk without using up my regular RAM. Programs start better, run better and close better. I've run many different programs simultaneously with very little slow down as before.
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- Special-purpose, expensive, but wonderful
- Niche product, but if it's what you need...