High-End DDR Memory Prices - Week of July 12, 2004 - Page 4

Single & Matched Pair DDR2

Intel has recently jumped on the DDR2 bandwagon, and the 925X and 915P/G platforms can utilize this high-end memory. DDR has been transformed into DDR2 through the doubling of internal data bus, thereby allowing next-generation memory speeds of 533 MHz and above. The DDR2 market is still quite small, with only a few of the larger vendors jumping on board, but as the weeks pass, we expect that number to grow.

We're also concentrating only DDR2-533 only, as the DDR2-400 type seems to be virtually non-existent, and not all that exciting to the enthusiast crowd. Like Registered DDR, DDR2 is still something of a niche market, and it will take some time before it becomes the de facto memory standard.

This week in DDR2 is a pretty tame one, and along with adding a few new listings, prices really aren't moving a whole lot. Corsair XMS DDR2-533 512-MB received the only significant price cut, but this is still the most expensive DDR2-533 512-MB module you can buy. We hope to offer more DDR2-533 listings as time goes on, and as additional manufacturers jump on the DDR2 train and more vendors start carrying the new memory, we should see prices fall. Unfortunately, right now it's quite expensive to be on the DDR2 cutting edge.

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