DDR vs. DDR2 vs. DDR3

DDR3 as well. Fast speeds dawg. Hopefully, they release DDR3 modules for desktops. (i hear samsung has already made 512MB DDR3)

that would rock. PCI-X with ddr 3 and 15k drives with 16 meg cashe now theres a combo.

And then i wake up.

I'm sure it's coming closer to reality than we all think :rofl:

I just hope i can save 2k for the new system by the end of the year.

I'm sure DDR3 modules will come out very soon.

But, I really see no use of Intel's progression of DDR2 technology...

is what i dont get is why would ddr 2 have such crazy low timings. We all have seen the benchmarks on ddr 2. the stuff cost so much and yet comes in way under ddr speeds.

Yep, DDR3 Gets my vote.

DDR2 is slow and expensive. Plus AMD doesnt use it. ;)

I think that NCQ, combined with 10,000 RPM high-capacity (over 400GB) drives w/ their own ~32-128MB cache would really speed things up. But, you still need RAM, and if that RAM isnt fast, the little data that it would need to buffer would be slow.

What would be nice to see is 256-1MB L1 cache, and 1-4MB L2 cache, reducing the need to run to the memory as much, and then, not concentrate on increasing RAM speed, but the timings:
Get it to 1-2-2-4 or something insane.

i find it funny that ddr 2 runs 4500 mbps to 4800 mbps bandwidth and pc 4000 is half the cost and gets 7000 to 8500 mbps bandwidth .

intell realy messed the pooch with there ddr 2 design.