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.
As usual, we start the DDR2 pricing report off with a bang, and the single-module DDR2 listings continue to show consistently lower prices. This isn't quite as wild as the twenty double-digit price drops we had last time out, but another eight this week certainly isn't bad news, especially when combined with a total chart drop of over $200. The largest individual price cuts included the Kingston HyperX DDR2-1000 1-GB (-$33), WINTEC AMPX DDR2-1000 1-GB (-$33), Crucial Ballistix DDR2-667 1-GB (-$25), and G.SKILL DDR2-800 2-GB (-$25) modules. There was also very little in terms of higher prices, as the largest increase was a $6 jump to Kingston HyperX DDR2-900 512-MB.
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