Hehe, I got a reply from Anand Lal Shimpi (whoa, yeah, I wasn't expectinng that to happen ), and apparently his experiences with the DDR on the P4 don't reflect anything similar to yours, Patrick.

Patrick, are you at liberty to say which chipset you've had experience with? If not, I totally understand.

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