DDR2 vs GDDR3

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greg73654

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OK, now I've looked on a couple of websites, and I've found that although DDR2 usually doesn't overheat as bad... GDDR3 has WAY better performance... please correct me if I'm wrong and tell me if you know anything else about the 2 types of memory...
 
you pretty much summed it up

ddr3 is faster than ddr2

ddr3 is only used for graphics cards at the moment

graphics cards are more of a niche market, and get newer technology faster, that's all
 
GDDR3 is only used for graphics. It is different that DDR3. The plan for DDR3 is for it to reduce power consumption but also offer higher performance.
 
greg73654 said:
OK, now I've looked on a couple of websites, and I've found that although DDR2 usually doesn't overheat as bad... GDDR3 has WAY better performance... please correct me if I'm wrong and tell me if you know anything else about the 2 types of memory...
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GDDR3 are used in graphics RAM (hence the added "G"), and DDR2 is used in system RAM, so it's pointless to compare them... But as Cromewell was saying DDR3 is coming out later for system ram, so is that what you were comparing, or you got mixed up?
 
GDDR3 are used in graphics RAM
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GDDR3 is not only just used in graphics, it is a different standard than DDR3. GDDR3 was developed by ATi (although NVidia used it on a graphcs card first)
 
I'll say it again, GDDR3 is not the same thing as DDR3. The terms are not interchangable, they share a similar name that is all.
 
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