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New DDR3 Memory Touted As Fastest In the World

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the real-speed-stick dept.

An anonymous reader writes to tell us that a relatively unknown Taiwanese company just rolled out what they claim is the world's fastest DDR3 memory kit. "Gingle DDR3 1800 memory module features high performance (1800MHz on P45/ 2000MHz on 790i), lower latency (8-8-8-24), and lower power consumption (1.84V~1.94V)."

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  1. Reliability? by Quasar1999 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Who cares if it's fast? I want RAM that is reliable first, fast second. I'll be damned if I ever buy overpriced junk that claims to have amazing times, next to no delay, etc. if at the end of the day it fails to read the data sent to it back correctly my kernel crashes in spectacular ways.

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  2. You're lucky by davidwr · · Score: 5, Funny

    No matter how hard I try, I can only get my kernel to crash in mundane ways. What's your secret?

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    1. Re:You're lucky by fok · · Score: 5, Funny

      Bad RAM, apparently...

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  3. It would be news if... by CorporateSuit · · Score: 5, Funny
    DDR3 touted as slowest memory ever!

    Despite being composed of nothing but twigs and bailing wire, the patent and name for DDR3 has been bestowed upon the worst-ever designed memory chip in the recorded history of mankind. Its designer was quoted as saying "It may not be quick, but she's universal! She can plug herself onto any motherboard with enough sap and doornails. Best to mix the sap up with potater bugs for conductivity though!" Critics have been silent so far, because no one can figure out how in the hell the shoddy chips manage to actually store data (albeit at a snail's rate of transfer). The creator answers their questions with a wink "Maybe I did done use snails. You'll nevar know!"

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  4. buying RAM by Lord+Ender · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Unless you have an unlimited budget, you probably have to decide between having a large amount of RAM and having the lowest-latency RAM when you are building a new system.

    Personally, I would rather have eight gigs of high-latency, lower speed RAM than two gigs of low-latency, higher-speed RAM. Who among you makes the other choice? And why?

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    1. Re:buying RAM by TeknoHog · · Score: 4, Informative

      DDR3 has a much higher clock frequency, so 8 cycles of latency isn't that bad. Broadly speaking, latencies have stayed the same since DDR, while throughput has increased.

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