Intel has jumped on the DDR2 bandwagon, and the 925X/XE 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 533/667 MHz and above. The DDR2 market continues to grow, with more of the larger vendors jumping on board, and as the weeks pass, we expect that number to only grow.
We're also concentrating mainly on DDR2-533 and DDR2-667, as the DDR2-400 memory type seems to be virtually non-existent, and higher-end speeds are just starting to emerge. DDR2 has moved beyond the niche market stage, but it will take some time (and AMD jumping on board) before it becomes the de facto memory standard.
The DDR charts may have been smoking this week, but once again we find that nothing can equal DDR2 in terms of heavy and consistent price cutting. The overall dollar price shift also dwarfed the other listings, and fell just shy of $500 total. Large individual cuts were also rampant and included Geil DDR2-667 2x1-GB (-$96), Corsair Value DDR2-533 2x1-GB (-$75), Geil DDR2-533 2x1-GB (-$67), and Geil DDR2-667 1-GB (-$53). The 1-GB modules accounted for the majority of the deeper price cuts, especially the 2x1-GB dual channel kits. There was also a bit of a surprise in the form of price increases, something we don't often see with DDR2 memory, and four listings posted double-digit price jumps.
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