DDR2 prices are rising for 2006

User Comments: 16

1. January 17, 2006 10:05 AM
   Cartz said:
   Wow, Samsung is getting their fingers in every pie these days. Not only do they manufacture DDR2 ram, which is about to enter its period in the spotlight. But they manufacture GDDR3 for most major video card providers, and thats only their RAM division! Their LCD monitors are also top notch.I remember a day when I would avoid samsung products with an almost religious furvor. Then I got my X800 GTO2 and took the Samsung 1.6ns GDDR3 to 120Mhz over stock, and ran it from there ever since. Those days are definately behind me now.That said, I'm glad I'm not planning on going to DDR2 anytime soon, doesn't sound like its going to be cheap.
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2. January 17, 2006 10:38 AM
   PUTALE said:
   it's interesting to see the news as I think Samsung should expect the need for DDR2. Let's hope that the supply can keep up with the demand once the M2 hits the market.
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3. January 17, 2006 10:59 AM
   asphix said:
   Ouch, I'll have to order my DDR2 soon then for my future upgrade endeavor.
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4. January 17, 2006 12:35 PM
   barfarf said:
   I wonder if better DDD2 memory speed at lower cost will be availible when the new amd M2 arrives in 2nd quarter. So far the experts are saying the new M2 platform will NOT have a big speed boost. Will better quality DD2 we can maybe squeeze more out of it.
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5. January 17, 2006 12:58 PM
   MonkeyMan said:
   This is very unfortunate. The price for DDR2 should be lower, because as of now, its pretty much considered as old technology. I'm sure eventually we will see a price reduction, but for now, I guess we'll just have to wait for that to happen.
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6. January 17, 2006 2:00 PM
   Cy6erpuke said:
   Definately a short term movement in price. Supplies should react driving price down again. I would not worry. Still strange on Samsung's part.
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7. January 17, 2006 3:04 PM
   flavin said:
   Not really strange there just upping the price to try and lower demand so they can catch back up with it. Demand goes up, supplys go down, price goes up, demand goes down, supply goes up, price goes down excetera excetera. The price will level out eventually.
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8. January 17, 2006 4:19 PM
   Kaleid said:
   Anyone who can point to links on where I could read how much of a performance gain one can expect?Seems to me that the performance increase doesn't justify the change of CPU, motherboard and of course the RAM.
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9. January 17, 2006 7:21 PM
   exscind said:
   I hope Samsung isn't pulling a Xbox 360 with supply "issues." With the advent of Socket 940, DDR2 will definitely be the main attraction in the RAM department. Rather than restricting supplies or diverting attention to other products, whatever the reason, it would be a wiser move to ramp up DDR2 production in terms of economics. Especially with DDR about to be phased out (it's just a matter of time now), DDR2 will be weighed so much heavier than before. I can't picture an easier revenue for Samsung.
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10. January 17, 2006 7:46 PM
    gamingmage said:
    Great(yea right)... I just built a new computer and it supports DDR2.
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11. January 17, 2006 8:04 PM
    nathanskywalker said:
    Well that bites, not that i'm going to be using DD2 anytime soon, but i want corsair to go down price...
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12. January 17, 2006 10:30 PM
    otmakus said:
    This is weird, where I live, DDR2 price is lower than DDR. And with the popularity of Athlon 64 and socket 939 for this last few years, DDR PC3200 sale will keep going strong at least for a year or two.
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13. January 18, 2006 12:46 AM
    Mictlantecuhtli said:
    [b]Originally posted by MonkeyMan:[/b][quote]This is very unfortunate. The price for DDR2 should be lower, because as of now, its pretty much considered as old technology.[/quote]With that logic, DDR prices should be even lower than DDR2, as it's older.
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14. January 18, 2006 6:43 AM
    paulwuzhere said:
    doesn't GDDR3 out perform DDR2? memory isn't that expensive right no anyway.
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15. January 18, 2006 10:30 AM
    Kaleid said:
    GDRR3 is for graphiccards thus the extra G infront. Yes, it outperforms DDR2, but it's common to have over 512MB system memory, but not over 256MB on graphiccards. The extra performance does cost.
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16. January 18, 2006 3:02 PM
    mentaljedi said:
    [b]Originally posted by Kaleid:[/b][quote]GDRR3 is for graphiccards thus the extra G infront. Yes, it outperforms DDR2, but it's common to have over 512MB system memory, but not over 256MB on graphiccards. The extra performance does cost.[/quote]Ouch! But anyway, this is a bit annoying but will quickly fix itself by the second quater.
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