Replacing old RAMBUS chips with newer equivalent?

I know it's a strange question, but has anyone tried replacing the on-board or expansion pak RAMBUS chips with newer, compatible ram in an N64?

I ask specificly because the iQue has much faster DMA than the original console did, mostly on account of newer technology. Likewise, if there was compatible ram we should expect faster DMA on original consoles. The only trick being what would be compatible and if other hardware limitations might bottleneck any gains.

Just figured that if anybody had ever tried somebody here must have heard about it.

 

If you find the right chip, I don't see why not.

 

I can't imagine it'd improve anything. Too many variables.

 

you will surely welcome a lot of incompability. RAM timing is important.

 

The iQue player uses a Samsung GDDR chip, not RDRAM. Much of the rest of the console is consolidated onto a custom NEC ASIC. The system runs (mostly) the same software, but the hardware represents a much more modern design process.

Not saying your idea won't work, but iQue vs N64 is not a well-founded comparison.

 

This have to do with the recent discovery of being possible to expand the console RAM to maximum size using only the internal spots for chips ?


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