Intel 925X/915: Chipset Performance & DDR2
by Wesley Fink on June 19, 2004 3:01 AM EST- Posted in
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DDR2 vs. DDR: General Performance & Encoding
It appears that you really will not lose any performance in choosing a 915 motherboard with DDR support instead of 915 with DDR2. With initial launch prices of DDR2 still considerably higher than DDR prices, you can choose a 915 board with DDR and not have to worry about losing any performance.
As prices for DDR2 drop more in line with DDR, the choice becomes a little more interesting. DDR2 will mature beyond the current 4-4-4 timings, and as timings and headroom improve, DDR2 becomes a more interesting choice for memory.
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Neekotin - Saturday, June 19, 2004 - link
guess i'll be keeping my system for another 1 year.. hehehe ;). just gonna buy me a new GPU!Degrador - Saturday, June 19, 2004 - link
Well this has just confirmed my plan for an athlon 64 next - I can't see any reason to be looking towards intel, either now or in the near future (next 6 months).WileCoyote - Saturday, June 19, 2004 - link
baby steps...mkruer - Saturday, June 19, 2004 - link
Actually now that I think of Intel might be correct. The chipset may be up to 15% faster, its just that Prescott is up to 15% slower.wicktron - Saturday, June 19, 2004 - link
zzzzzzmkruer - Saturday, June 19, 2004 - link
The moral of this story, buy AMD instead.Falloutboy525 - Saturday, June 19, 2004 - link
now it makes sence as to why amd isn't even bothering wth ddr2 till it speeds up