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 activity in the DDR sector may have seemed pretty wild, but you haven't seen anything yet. Needless to say, DDR2 price levels are dropping like a rock, and virtually every brand, size and speed is affected. Twenty DDR2 listings - out of a total of only thirty-six - showed prices falling by double digits, including Kingston HyperX DDR2-1066 1-GB (-$67), Kingston HyperX DDR2-1000 1-GB (-$35) and Crucial Ballistix DDR2-800 1-GB (-$31). Only seven DDR2 modules failed to show a lower price this week, and there wasn't a single price increase in the entire chart. It's no surprise to see the overall chart drop by a total of $476, one of the wilder results we've ever seen.
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