You're kind of in a pickle. The systems can not be upgraded to AGP 8X. The
best RAM in the world (never said that Rambus was) will not allow you to run
Vista with the bells and whistles if the rest of the system is not up to
snuff.

Vista will run fine on their computers without the Aero interface and other
eye candy. Forget DX 10 without an AGP 8X slot.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!



"Steve" wrote in message
...
Then it must have been a few years ago, instead of a year or so, when
Rambus
was still the big thing...

How time flies. thanks for pointing that out. It doesn't alter the
situation.


"Runner1" wrote:

If your customers feel betrayed, which they should, why not put the blame
where it belongs...

You said you build them a year ago, well it was clear three years ago
that
Rambus was going nowhere... No one was peddling that BS a year ago except
you apparently..




"Steve" wrote in message
...
I have built at least a dozen high end computers a year or so ago when
Rambus
meant High End. People wanted powerful platforms that would last at
least
5
years.... In the meantime the systems are still great performers and
the
only
issue I have is that Intel dropped the support and manufacturing for
Rambus
at the same time support and manufacturing stopped at 4x AGP.

Many, like myself, now have 8x AGP cards in a 4x AGP socket. The big
guys
built and sold many of these. Now the high end consumers feel betrayed.

Or are they going to lose their graphics performance updating to Vista,
with
8x AGP 256mb graphics cards in 4x AGP slots???

Sample config:

Intel D850EMVR Motherboard, P4 3.06 w/HT, and 1.5GB PC1066 Rambus,
still
fairing very well with common benchmark tests.

Getting any info from the big guys, like Intel, is fruitless, because
the
boards and technology are no longer supported. Try getting an answer
from
anyone else.

Then they all wonder why people are hesitant to invest, they know why
but
don't seem to care. They just want to sell the new stuff, and point
their
fingers at each other, leaving the consumer holding the bag. Consumers
don't
like that...

Should I advise everyone to stick with XP Pro?