Answer this - DDR or DDR2? (1 Viewer)

[SashatheMan]

if i want an intel 775 motherboard. can i choose wheather it supports DDR or DDR2 memory ?

its just that i currently use normal DRR and didnt really want to buy new memory cuase i am changing a motherboard

 

[Templar]

There are LGA775 motherboards that will take DDR RAM since they run on the 865 chipset, which still uses AGP.

Otherwise, there might be one Gigabyte motherboard that comes with a DDR to DDR2 converter that works only with that particular motherboard, but I doubt it is widely available or even available at all.

 

[SashatheMan]

so if i want a 775 motherboard with pci-e , i wil have to be with DRR2?

 

[Templar]

In short, yes.

 

[SashatheMan]

do u think ddr2 is worth me getting new ram or should i stick with ddr

 

[Stan..]

DDR2 if you have the money.

 

[SashatheMan]

ddr2 is not that much expensive.

 

[05er]

Dammit, I thought this thread was about a sequel to Dance Dance Revolution

 

[Stan..]

ddr2 is not that much expensive.

Then why not, If you get any dual Core Processor with DDR2. Goodbye loading times.

 

[Templar]

Despite the higher frequency DDR2 doesn't actually yield that much extra performance over DDR in most applications due to latency.

 

[Stan..]

Despite the higher frequency DDR2 doesn't actually yield that much extra performance over DDR in most applications due to latency.

Really? I thought low latency DDR2 would be standard.

 

[Templar]

The higher the frequency the more latency. DDR comes in 2 2 2 5 and even lower now, while it's hard to find DDR that's less than 3 2 2 8.