I noticed that support for Rambus ram has deminished in favor of DDR... why is this? I know DDR is cheaper but the newer Rambus sticks are fast and don't require pairs.

I was looking at mobos for a P4 and had hard luck finding anything that uses Rambus, most of it is DDR. I found one board the I am interested in but I am afraid by the time I come up with the cash, the board will be replaced with DDR. The board is a Asus 4T533. The sucker is spendy, that is, if you want the stick of Rambus with it.

So, is Rambus played out? Should I give up and go with the grain and get something that does DDR? Should I continue with my plan on staying against the grain and hunt down boards that will run a P4 @ 3Ghz that use Rambus like I want?

This is not about what CPU I want. I know what I want and it is going to come at a price. This is about Rambus. This is not about if I should or should not make a system that supports Rambus. I want to hear your two cents on this. I have seen only a handful of boards from Intel that support Rambus, most does DDR and some does SDRAM. Looks like Intel is shying away from the stuff.

How do you stand on this?