16GB RAM Xserve Graphic?

is that possible, with two G5's?

Looks like a lot last minute changes... First no 2.3GHz, now 16GB to 8GB downscaling.

Are there 2GB chips available? Do you think they were planning on make 2GB chips available and could not get them in stock? They certainly wouldn't add 8 more slots for 1GB chips... Maybe 2Gb chips are available, and you can have 16GB, just like my iMac whose ram max is 128MB has 288MB.

I think the issue is availability of 2GB EEC modules. Didn't Rubinstein in some interview even say that the Powermac G5 does support these modules once they come out. I think that they are simply not out or too expensive.

Apple has often understated the capabilities of memory controllers due to non-availability of high capacity memory modules.

I found this ages ago. ...and in fact I submitted it here on the same day...

If 2GB Dimms existed, can the Xserve and OS X Server support that much RAM? Those Dimms would probably cost $1000 or more each!

phil s. stated they were waiting for 2 GB modules to be cheap enough to use. 16GB will come, mjust not today. the 8gb barrier is just temp barrier

Originally posted by metfoo
phil s. stated they were waiting for 2 GB modules to be cheap enough to use. 16GB will come, mjust not today. the 8gb barrier is just temp barrier

True. Both the dual PMG5 and the Xserves can support 2gb DIMMs ofr up to 16gb. However, they are very rare and unaffordable for most.

Originally posted by zaphoyd
Are there 2GB chips available? Do you think they were planning on make 2GB chips available and could not get them in stock? They certainly wouldn't add 8 more slots for 1GB chips... Maybe 2Gb chips are available, and you can have 16GB, just like my iMac whose ram max is 128MB has 288MB.

what the heck imac do you have.

16GB!! I can't imagine what would 16GB RAM be used for. That's almost as much as my hard drive space: 18.62GB. Wow! Good on apple for being forward looking in ram. Makes the xServe more future proof. :)