DDR has given way to DDR2, thereby allowing next-generation memory speeds of 533/667/800/1000/1066/1200 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.
Single-module DDR2 isn't moving anywhere this week, and it appears that predictions of a new DDR2 price baseline are coming true, at least here. The overall trend is still towards lower prices, and while a $25 aggregate chart drop is not that impressive, at least it's better than the $63 chart increase we posted the last time out. There were two double-digit price drops, as WINTEC AMPX DDR2-1000 1-GB shed $14 and OCZ DDR2-1000 Gold 1-GB fell by $11, but that was the limit of the downward movement. Only a single listing jumped by a similar amount, but even the $10 spike to G.SKILL DDR2-800 2-GB barely met the minimum requirement.
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