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    DDR and DDR2

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by deej, Jun 18, 2006.

  1. deej

    deej Newbie

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    what is the difference betwen DDR and DDR2 memory? is there a difference is hardware size?
     
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  2. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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  3. Iter

    Iter Notebook Evangelist

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    Overall, DDR2 is better(faster) than DDR and the market focus on DDR2 for all the motherboards. Just like me, i don't have choice to choose DDR2 after upgrading Pentium Dual Core CPU.
     
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    Blue_Sphere Notebook Guru

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    Now I am confused... How can DDR2 have more latency AND be faster?
     
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    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    You will have to take into account the extra bandwidth provided by the increase in clock speeds. Higher the clock speeds higher the bandwidth. This provides the additional performance boost particularly for Intel cpu's. They are considered to be more bandwidth hungry and are less concerned about the latency, vice versa for AMD cpu's.
     
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