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Intel 925X/915: Chipset Performance & DDR2

Date: June 19th, 2004
Topic: CPU & Chipset
Manufacturer: Intel
Author: Wesley Fink

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.

DDR2 vs. DDR: Gaming Performance

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57 Comments - Last by nserra, 1977 days ago

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No Subject by Falloutboy525, 1981 days ago

now it makes sence as to why amd isn't even bothering wth ddr2 till it speeds up

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No Subject by mkruer, 1981 days ago

The moral of this story, buy AMD instead.

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No Subject by wicktron, 1981 days ago

zzzzzz

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No Subject by mkruer, 1981 days ago

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.

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No Subject by WileCoyote, 1981 days ago

baby steps...

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No Subject by Degrador, 1981 days ago

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).

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No Subject by Neekotin, 1981 days ago

guess i'll be keeping my system for another 1 year.. hehehe ;). just gonna buy me a new GPU!

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No Subject by GhandiInstinct, 1981 days ago

This article has let me down completely. I have been looking forward to this new technology for my new system build. To see the benchmarks and the virtual lack of performance gains has hit me like a bullet.

A novice computer builder hears "3.6ghz, PCI-E, DDR2, ICH6" and goes insane with happiness.

I beg the question, has Intel lost its mojo? Trying to redfine the computer world by exhibiting hardware that barely exceeds the preceeding hardware? What is a man to do?

I should admit, I am a hyper-threading fanatic. But Since A64 beat Intel in everything, I guess "hyper-transport" is what I'll settle with.

The message is clear, my life is over....

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No Subject by medfly, 1981 days ago

the thing that i was most dissapointed in, is the fact that intel feels they need to shaft non sata users by only providing one pata channel. Intel's anti consumer attitude "you'll upgrade when we tell you to" with constantly changing sockets, crippled chipsets (remember how 815 only supported 512 megs ram when the older 440bx did 2 gigs of ram in an attempt to force people to the extremely expensive (and slow) P4 platform at the time), will only force more and more of the white box and DIY market to amd.

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No Subject by overclockingoodness, 1981 days ago