about DDR2 and GDDR3

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I plan on buying this motherboard: MICROSTAR, P35 Neo2-FR, LGA775, Intel P35, 1333MHz FSB, DDR2-1066 8GB/4, PCIe x16 /2 CF, SATA 3.0 Gbit/s RAID 5 /5, HDA, GbLAN, ATX, Retail

and this Video Card:
eVGA, e-GeForce 8800GT Superclocked 650MHz, 512MB GDDR3 1900MHz, PCIe x16 SLI, DVI /2, HDTV/S-Video Out, Retail

inside a built computer (have posted a diff thread comparing 2 systems, irrelevant)

what's the significance of DDR2 and GDDR3, are they compatible, will they work well together, or will I run into problems? Please help clarify.. thank you much :)
 
stick with ddr2, ddr3 isnt really worth the performance increase yet, as technologies havent really been able to use the speed much yet.
 
if i know what your saying the ram u put on the MOBO is DDR2 1066 an the ram in the GPU is GDDR3 then thats fine.
 
reddevil6 said:
if i know what your saying the ram u put on the MOBO is DDR2 1066 an the ram in the GPU is GDDR3 then thats fine.
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o yeah. ddr3 ram will work in your motherboard, but it will not run at ddr3, instead it will run at DDR2 1066 as that is the maximum your motherboard will support...
 
lovely? said:
o yeah. ddr3 ram will work in your motherboard, but it will not run at ddr3, instead it will run at DDR2 1066 as that is the maximum your motherboard will support...
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ok cool, just to clarify anything wrong with the build....

here's the setup:

+ CUSTOM COMPUTER, Core™ 2 Duo Mainstream Series System 1 $1098.72 $1098.72
ASPIRE (APEVIA), X-Plorer Black/Silver Metal Mid-Tower Case w/ Window & LCD Temp Display, 420W PSU, ATX, Steel
NSPIRE, NSP-500V2.0BF12 Power Supply, 500W, 24-pin, ATX12V 2.2, 120mm Ball Bearing Fan, Retail
MICROSTAR, P35 Neo2-FR, LGA775, Intel P35, 1333MHz FSB, DDR2-1066 8GB/4, PCIe x16 /2 CF, SATA 3.0 Gbit/s RAID 5 /5, HDA, GbLAN, ATX, Retail
INTEL, Core™ 2 Duo E8400 Dual-Core, 3.0GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 6MB L2 Cache, 45nm, 65W, EM64T EIST VT XD, Retail
CORSAIR, 4GB (4 x 1GB) XMS2 Xtreme PC2-6400 DDR2 800MHz CL4 (4-4-4-12) SDRAM 240-pin DIMM, Non-ECC, w/ Heat Spreader
eVGA, e-GeForce 8800GT Superclocked 650MHz, 512MB GDDR3 1900MHz, PCIe x16 SLI, DVI /2, HDTV/S-Video Out, Retail
SEAGATE, 250GB Barracuda 7200.10, SATA 3.0 Gbit/s, 7200-RPM, 16MB cache
RAID, No RAID, Independent HDD Drives
SONY, CDU5225 Black 52x CD-ROM Drive, IDE, OEM
SONY, CRX320EE Black 52x32x52-16A DVD-ROM/CD-RW Combo Drive, OEM
NONE, No Operating System (Choose or subject to Limited Support)
WARRANTY, Silver Warranty Package (3 Year Limited Parts, 3 Year Labor Warranty)
 
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actually, it looks like a pretty fast computer for the $, the processor is top-notch brand new technology good luck
 
@ lovely
i don't really think you read it well. He's talking about GDDR 3 not ddr3.

The difference between gddr and ddr memory is that ddr is bought seperately and you insert into your motherboard's memory slots.

Gddr memory is the memory they use on video cards. i don't know about the technical details. But gddr you can't buy seperately.
 
@ lovely
you have to actually read what he's saying. He's talking about Gddr 3 and ddr 2.

i'll explain what gddr and ddr memory is

Gddr: This is the memory they use on video cards. It's not swappable like ddr. So it can't be bought seperately.

Ddr: This is the memory that is used on the motherboards. You can just take it out and insert new ones. And it can be bought seperately.

So you can't really make any mistake between the 2.
Any questions?
 
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@ lovely
you have to actually read what he's saying. He's talking about Gddr 3 and ddr 2.

i'll explain what gddr and ddr memory is

Gddr: This is the memory they use on video cards. It's not swappable like ddr. So it can't be bought seperately.

Ddr: This is the memory that is used on the motherboards. You can just take it out and insert new ones. And it can be bought seperately.

So you can't really make any mistake between the 2.
Any questions?
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Just one question, will that setup, or SHOULD that setup, work fine? I'm guessing from the definitions that it's fine just because the certain RAMs are for certain entities within the computer. Like you said DDR is MOBO based and GDDR is video card based, am I right?
 
your right. and your setup will work as far as i can see.
just not to sure about the mobo. don't know the brand.
you might need a bios update for your cpu.
but that was mentioned in the other thread to i thought.
 
I should work just fine, yes :) the G of GDDR basicly just indicates that its used for the Grafic's card (that its on the grafic's card. (I suppose the G stands for Grafics anyways) It doesnt matter what sort of memory you have on your grafic's card for the rest of the computer tough. I mean, the card i use has GDDR4 on it, the 7800gtx I replaced it with had GDDR3 memory on it.
all you need to know for a grafic's card weither it'll work or not, is 1) does the motherboard have a pci-express (16x) slot? (PCIe 16x its called a lot too) and is the power supply strong enough to run it. (i've never heard of that powersupply before, but I thin it'll work)


Vipernitrox said:
just not to sure about the mobo. don't know the brand.
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Microstar International? aka, MSI? :D
 
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I dont think they're crappy at all to be honest, i've never had any problems at all with a MSI product so far. (well, the IDE driver of a motherboard died once, but that was after it beeing used as a 'server' pc for 6 years non stop ^^ )
 
There is no correlation between video memory and random access memory. Your GPU can have GDDR4 and you can run off 2 gigs of DDR2 800 ram if you like.
 
Archangel said:
I dont think they're crappy at all to be honest, i've never had any problems at all with a MSI product so far. (well, the IDE driver of a motherboard died once, but that was after it beeing used as a 'server' pc for 6 years non stop ^^ )
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i've just been busy with one msi mobo for a couple of months now.
At first it was doa, then i got a new one after rma.
Then i found out the first mobo had fried my memory to.
And now i've finally got the second one working.
It's just that... the network card won't run at 1gbit. instead it runs at 100mbit. and i've already checked the cabling and my 1gbit switch...

also (this could be some other problem) i can't get into the )$#*$(@#&* bios of the scsi pci card i've got right now.
 
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