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 show a very different trend compared to weeks past, and surprisingly, it's DDR2 showing a lack of market volatility. Instead of the standard large aggregate chart drop, we find overall prices have only fallen by a total of $19. The individual price drops are certainly not heating up the market, as Geil DDR2-667 Ultra 1-GB (-$14) was the only entry that reached double digits. There were scattered price drops in the $1-$9 range, but a $27 spike to the price of Patriot eXtreme DDR2-800 512-MB helped bring the chart back to Earth and nullify a portion of the price drops.
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