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.
Things are looking a lot better in the single-module DDR2 chart, and although it seemed as if a new baseline price had been reached, the price cuts are here again. There were twelve price drops that hit double digits, including the Crucial Ballistix DDR2-800 1-GB (-$20), OCZ DDR2-1000 Titanium 1-GB (-$20), Kingston HyperX DDR2-1000 1-GB (-$17), and Kingston HyperX DDR2-1200 1-GB (-$17) modules. There was only a single price increase in the entire chart, and that was just a $9 jump to the price of Mushkin Redline DDR2-1000 1-GB. Naturally, this translated into an excellent week for DDR2 buyers, as the chart dropped by an aggregate total of $200.
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