Ddr3 Vs Ddr2

[zOaib]

okay, i have been reading many mixed reviews online for these two , mostly all reviews are plagued with a bias ............

my question are as follows ( will appreicate all you experts input on these , thx )

1> is 2gb of ddr3 faster than 4gb of ddr2 ( sorry forgot to mention )
2> does it work 64 bit vista
3> will 64 bit vista work on 2gigs of the ddr3
4> and will i see any improvement in using my pc with ddr3 (gaming , video editing , ripping , rendering 3d etc etc )



if i think of more i will post , thank u again guys . :)

[DanTheBanjoman]

Speed and quantity have nothing to do with each other and memory type has nothing to do with the OS or any other software.

As for #4, doubt it, though since you don't state anything you actually do with your computer we can't tell you a thing.

[Darknova]

1. No, 2Gb of the same speed RAM is not faster than 4Gb.
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. No, not really.

DDR3 at the moment isn't worth it. The price of DDR2 makes it so much more cost-effective to get 4Gb of DDR2 800, than 2Gb of any DDR3.

[zOaib]

Speed and quantity have nothing to do with each other and memory type has nothing to do with the OS or any other software.

As for #4, doubt it, though since you don't state anything you actually do with your computer we can't tell you a thing.

sry forgot to mention the specifics , thx :)

ps see my edit on my first post.

[craigwhiteside]

ddr3 right now isnt really optimized to its full potential, and isnt cheap.
the main reason people used ddr2 over ddr was that it was rapidly falling in price.

however i would like to see the performance of ddr vs ddr3, will show a much more comparable result

[mandelore]

you can get seriously dirt cheap ddr2 ram, with tight timings at high speeds, DDR2 really is the better option atm.. for the price of 2gb ddr3 you could get many gigs of really high performance ddr2
i got the asus maximus formula, an x38 chipset with ddr2 support, unlike most being ddr3 from asus. i can get my ddr2 to 1200mhz @ 4/4/4/7

[craigwhiteside]

though the higher speeds for the ram help with overclocking your cpu's fsb, thats why we may see higher overclocks with ddr3 when it goes mainstream

[surfsk8snow.jah]

wasn't there a thread on a company that just released tech for DDR4 (not available for purchase yet, just R&D developed it). They basically stated that DDR3 is worthless so they're trying to get the market overall to just skip DDR3 as much as possible, and head straight on up to their model of DDR4, which in benchmarks showed significant performance increases over DDR2 & DDR3, while DDR3 showed EXTREMELY minimal increase over DDR2

[Tatty_One]

To use the full potential of DDR3 and it's fastest speeds you have to (dependant on your motherboard and it's options), either overclock significantly.....ie 1800mhz DDR3 ram.......1800Mhz FSB or put in an artificial divider to multiply the ram speed which in part is less produtive because the multiplier hampers memory performance.

The real value of DDR3 will start to show in Jan/Feb however as Intels 45nm Yorkfield Extreme Edition chips become available.....these currently are the ONLY chips designated with a 1600FSB.......then DDR3 should begin to show it's worth, but as an indicator, the Yorkfield "XE" entry level QX9770 will have an estimated retail price of $1399, 12MB L2 cache.....136W TDP, 8x multiplier and stock at.....yes you guessed it 1600FSB x2 = 3.2Gig.:D