ok that does it
RDRAM was pimped by Intel back in the day. This was because RDRAM required a stronger, more complex link between the RAM controller and teh CPU. But intel fuxed their relationship with Rambus and RDRAM died. AMD were more successful in pimping DDR, which is now the standard.
DDR is fundamentally better because it uses a full CPU cycle, ie the rising and falling.
Technically ( READ: TECHNICALLY ) RDRAM is/was faster as it started at 800mhz, whereas DDR's higest JEDEC certified speed is 400mhz.
NOW read and decide for urselves:
*www.hardwarecentral.com/hardwarecentral/reports/1519/1/
*www.a1-electronics.net/Memory/2003/RDRAM.shtml
*www.duxcw.com/dcforum/DCForumID8/27.html