DDR vs DDR2

Negligable differences in speed between DDR/low latency, and DDR2/high latency. For now. As mentioned, the DDR2 is not at its potential yet and as the speeds increase the it will be able to shrug off DDR and take the speed boost.

Me? I've all but decided to stick with s939 and just buy some good DDR500 like Ballistix or XMS and overclock the system to take advantage. Seems it would offer the best of both worlds, lower latency (~CL3) with still very fast speeds.
 
I am still seeing a latency of 3-3-3-8 on the 2gb of DDR400 memory even after building a new case to see that memory moved from a Socket A board to the 939 model that includes the update seen in the NVidia nForce 4 chipset from the nForce 2 on the old board. But I'm still stuck at 2.2ghz with the new 64bit cpu(AMD 3500+) from the old Socket A model(Atholon XP3200).
 
Hey, I was thinking about building my first computer (for gaming) and was shopping at newegg for parts. I came across a statement that the DDR was being phased out and being replaced by newer DDR2. If this is true, why are people still getting 184 pin MB's? I'm just wondering what kind of MB to get. I was leaning toward a socket 939/ athlon 64 x2, and most of them were 184 pin, only supporting DDR. I don't want to but it and not be able to get good up to date RAM in the future. Any advice?
 
Gr8Gambit said:
Hey, I was thinking about building my first computer (for gaming) and was shopping at newegg for parts. I came across a statement that the DDR was being phased out and being replaced by newer DDR2. If this is true, why are people still getting 184 pin MB's? I'm just wondering what kind of MB to get. I was leaning toward a socket 939/ athlon 64 x2, and most of them were 184 pin, only supporting DDR. I don't want to but it and not be able to get good up to date RAM in the future. Any advice?
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DDR is being phased out being both core 2 duo and the new am2 cpu's use DDR2, thus the future is DDR2. As for people stil buying DDR MB's, they probably want to build a budget system, and it's still cheaper to go with older technolodgy. If you're building one for gaming, i would suggest you go with core 2 duo. Yes it's expensive, but it runs circles around the current AM2 Cpu's.
 
Anyone with a $1,000 to rush out and spend? Between a high end video card, performance memory, and the latest Intel cpu that is about covered there.
 
Why? A good 7600 GT that can play pretty much all games, albiet FEAR and Oblivion may may get bogged a bit with full eye candy, effectively for 130-160. An E6300 can be easily and safely overclocked to outperform the AM2 CPU's just like its better 4MB brothers, and the latency is going to be there whether you have "good" hipo memory vs value ram at this point.
 
Gosh I only paid $80 at newegg for an ATI Radeon X1300 Pro that I haven't tried OCing. And it will easily play any game on the market in high detail. With 2gb of Kingston Value Ram I seem to be doing alright on a stock system so far. When I get around to it I'll drop in an FX60 and crank it up a little. Three 120s and a 140mm front intake fan are a little closer to a water cooling setup.
 
PC eye said:
Gosh I only paid $80 at newegg for an ATI Radeon X1300 Pro that I haven't tried OCing. And it will easily play any game on the market in high detail. With 2gb of Kingston Value Ram I seem to be doing alright on a stock system so far. When I get around to it I'll drop in an FX60 and crank it up a little. Three 120s and a 140mm front intake fan are a little closer to a water cooling setup.
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You should do my like mine! 4 x 120mm fans with Water cooling!!
 
I can't complain here when the board sits at 31-33C when idle. When the new board first replaced one that didn't make it the board temps were about 44C in the old case. An 80mm in the top opening with another at the rear. That was one matched pair of 80mm I can do without.
 
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