DDR has been transformed into DDR2 through the doubling of internal data bus, thereby allowing next-generation memory speeds of 533/667/800/1000 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. With the release of the AM2 platform, AMD has also joined the DDR2 camp, and this will slowly transform DDR2 into the new memory standard. The DDR2 market continues to expand, with more of the larger vendors jumping on board, we expect capacities and speeds to only increase. As far as the pricing chart goes, this chart looks specifically at single module DDR2, and keeps to the standard DDR2-533, -667, -800, and -1000 speeds, as well as module sizes from 512-MB to 1-GB.
While not a hotbed of activity, the single-module DDR2 memory listings did show the best results of the week, and posted a healthy $67 aggregate chart drop. This was mostly the result of one large price cut, as Crucial Ballistix DDR2-800 1-GB fell by $48, although OCZ DDR2-1000 Platinum 1-GB received a $12 cut and there were seven individual price drops. On the other end of the spectrum, the largest price increase was $4 jump, and there were only two higher prices in the entire chart. As we've seen in most of the other system memory charts, the majority of single-module DDR2 showed little or no price movement.
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