SDRAM--->DDR--->DDR2--->DDR3=more bandwidth, more latency, lower voltage
and lower heat. After a decade and dozens if not hundreds of hardware
reviews that show minimal to no real world performance improvements
(synthetic? Uh huh!) DDR3 is another solution to a problem that doesn't
exist. Only when speeds get well above DDR3 2500 will there be
significant and noticeable speed improvement.
Then you get into the problem of memory controller support and no
current CPU from either camp can reach these speeds without serious
overclocking. And AMD's first gen DDR3 controllers are duds by
comparison to Intel as far as memory OC'ing. I expect that we won't see
any DDR3 2500 supporting CPU's until 2012 at the earliest and perhaps
not even then. Of course by that time they will be well into the
transition to DDR4 once again trying to convince us that its the
greatest thing since sliced bread.
So as long as there are good DDR2 mobo's and cheap DDR2 memory what
point is there in upgrading except if you have to have the latest and
greatest. And in AMD's case I'd wait until the transition to 32 nm
before we can expect the second gen memory controllers. Just my 2 cents.
tmse...@rlrnews.com wrote:
I don't know. 6gb of ddr3 is down to $100 or so. Yes more then ddr2, but still
not a high cost item
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-----Original Message-----
From: maccrawj <maccr...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:17:26
To: <hardware@hardwaregroup.com>
Subject: Re: [H] x48 v p45 ?
DDR3 is insanely expensive vs. DDR2 for little benefit. It's all or nothing with
current boards and the choice of DDR2 vs 3 with DDR3 RAM being 2-3X the price of DDR2
last time I checked.
I was saying having X48 chipset w/ 16X lanes for whatever use makes sense if mobo is
same price as P45 (x48 lite IMHO), nothing more.
DHSinclair wrote:
j.,
A bit confused? I now run DDR3 on my 3 P5Q3 m/b's. And it seems to work
well; as best I can check. If this is a $$ comment, I understand. If not
a $$ comment, I do NOT understand.
I was told DDR3 is where we will all have to go in the end.
I went there 5-6 months ago.
Best,
Duncan
maccrawj wrote:
DDR3 would be the "extreme" models of Maximus, Rampage, & Maximus II.
When I checked Newegg the MII & Rampage for DDR2 were same price. Just
seems a waste to not have the xtra lanes "in case" given same price
for both, but certainly both are great mobos.
