DDR3 RAM Explained

Das Capitolin sends us to Benchmark Reviews for an in-depth feature on DDR3 memory that begins: "These are uncertain financial times we live in today, and the rise and fall of our economy has had [a] direct [effect] on consumer spending. It has already been one full year now that DDR3 has been patiently waiting for the enthusiast community to give it proper consideration, yet [its] success is still undermined by misconceptions and high price. Benchmark Reviews has been testing DDR3 more actively than anyone. ... Sadly, it might take an article like this to open the eyes of my fellow hardware enthusiast[s] and overclocker[s], because it seems like DDR3 is the technology nobody wants [badly] enough to learn about. Pity, because overclocking is what it's all about."

Comments

Re:Just a tad over the top?

[gandhi_2]

It's probably taken for granted that most journalists don't really understand military strategy and tactics at a core level...but when they say Iraq is a shit samich, everyone listens.

Most kids writing in gamer-enthusiast magazines don't understand how the cpu registers keep track of memory in the stack, but who fucking cares? They know about what they know about...I bet there's something you don't know either, but if you make a good point, most of us won't be so 1337 that your article wouldn't be "worth reading".

Timmy the Parakeet says: Don't be a dick.

Re:Just a tad over the top?

[Skreems]

I don't see how this is any different than with DDR and DDR2. At first, the new technology was barely faster (sometimes not at all) then the old one, was not very widely supported, and of course cost more.

At first? I didn't know this had even changed yet. As far as I can tell, DDR2 is still more expensive than it's worth in anything but ridiculously high-end systems.