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.
As has happened in past updates, the single module DDR2 chart gets us back on the price-cutting train and finally starts to offer some good news for potential memory buyers. The total chart drop was a very attractive $91, and there were five double-digit price drops, including Crucial Ballistix DDR2-1000 1-GB (-$42), Crucial Ballistix DDR2-667 1-GB (-$24), and Corsair XMS2 DDR2-667 1-GB ($-16). The price increases were not that prevalent overall, but three of them did hit double-digits, but thankfully, none was above the $18 jump to Kingston HyperX DDR2-900 1-GB.
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