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 DDR2 listings get us back on the right foot, and we find overall single module DDR2 prices falling to the tune of -$61 in total. This is still well back from our previous update, but with the bad news so far, we'll definitely take it. There were three double-digit cuts, including a $38 drop to OCZ DDR2-800 Platinum 1-GB, while there was only one on the price increase side. The higher-speed DDR2 modules are still the ones receiving the majority of activity, as prices continue to drop on DDR2-700, DDR2-800 and DDR2-1000 modules.
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