DDR has given way to DDR2, thereby allowing next-generation memory speeds of 533/667/800/1000/1066 MHz and above, and Intel was the first to jump on the DDR2 bandwagon, with the 975X, P965, 955X, 945X, 925X/XE and 915P/G platforms all utilizing this high-end memory. With the release of the AM2 platform, AMD joined the DDR2 camp, and this has transformed DDR2 into the current memory standard for new system purchases. The DDR2 market continues to evolve and expand, with all of the larger vendors jumping on board. Capacities and speeds are also increasing and some innovative module designs are starting to appear. As far as the price listings go, this chart looks specifically at single-module DDR2, and keeps to the standard DDR2-667, -800, -1000,and -1066 speeds, as well as module sizes from 512-MB to 1-GB.
The new year has been extremely kind to DDR2 prices, and after the price increases at the end of 2006, it's especially good news for memory buyers. This week's update holds more of the same, and the single-module DDR chart showed an aggregate chart decrease of $175 - on par with the last three chart drops of $127, $267 and $256. There were five price cuts that reached double digits, and the largest drops hit the Crucial Ballistix DDR2-1000 1-GB (-$55), G.SKILL DDR2-800 2-GB (-$30) and Patriot eXtreme DDR2-800 1-GB (-$28) modules. Thankfully, there was little activity in terms of price increases, with a $5 jump to the price of PQI Turbo DDR2-800 1-GB being the most significant.
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