DDR has been transformed into DDR2 through the doubling of internal data bus, thereby allowing next-generation memory speeds of 533/667/800 MHz and above, and Intel was the first to jump on the DDR2 bandwagon, with the 975X, 955X, 945X, 925X/XE and 915P/G platforms all utilizing this high-end memory.. The DDR2 market continues to expand, with more of the larger vendors jumping on board, and as the weeks pass, we expect that number to only grow. AMD is also slated to join the DDR2 camp sometime in 2006, and at that point, DDR2 will become the de facto memory for desktop PCs. As far as the pricing chart goes, we are looking specifically at single module DDR2, and keeping to the standard DDR2-533, -667, -800, and -1000 speeds, as well as module sizes from 512-MB to 1-GB.
The single module DDR2 listings may not be as active as last time out, but there is some downward price movement. There were two double digit price cuts, as Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800 1-GB fell by $16 and Kingston HyperX DDR2-900 512-MB dropped by $11. Only a single price increase marred this list, and the total chart fell by $59, representing a modest overall drop. Consistency is the word of the day for single module DDR2 listings, as our last update showed a $62 overall drop, which is right in line with this week's.
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