ddr2 on msi ??

[isifgr]

i am considering to buy the msi k8n neo4 platinum do u think that i can use ddr2 memory???

 

[CheesePoofs]

Nope. All amd processors use DDR1. Besides, there's no reason to use DDR2; its more expensive and slower than normal DDR.

 

[isifgr]

slower??? i thought the opposite... i was thinking alsomaybe was a good idea to buy ddr2 and to keep the modules for future upgrade because i read that amd is going to move in the future to ddr2

 

[keeleysam]

No to all your thoughts/questions.

 

[Waylay00]

The benefits of faster clock speeds of DDR2 are outweighed by the poor timings. So really DDR gives better performance than DDR2 as of now.

 

[imported_Kensai]

Actually, highly clocked DDR2 with fairly low timings (3-4 is low for DDR2) beats standard DDR.

 

[coomar]

because of the way cas latency is calculated, cas 3 at 533 or 566 (can't remember) is equivalent to cas 2 at 400, ddr2 prices are dropping but i don't know how great an investment they'll be, amd will probably stay on ddr2 for at most 2 years, earlier this year intel said it would phase out ddr2 if amd skipped it and went to ddr3, ddr2 is considered to be a poor standard

 

[Capt Caveman]

Just a fyi. Myself and a few other folks have been able to get DDR2 up to 667 at 3-2-2-8.

 

[Aenslead]

Ah!

It will be interesting to see 1:1 on DDR2 with Intel plataforms.

No more need for dual channel, and lower cost mobos for everyone.