Is Athlon DDR faster than Athlon SDR?

[dcpsoguy]

I am in a dilema. I have a choice of the following systems, one Athlon SDR and the other one Athlon DDR. Here are the specs

[B}SDR[/B}
Athlon Thunderbird 1ghz(266 FSB)
IWILL KK266
128 MB PC133 RAM
Enlight 7237
Which is 347 dollars


DDR
Athlon Thunderbird 1ghz(266 FSB)
FIC AD11
128 PC2100 NON-ECC Ram
Enlight 7237
Which is 376 dollars

So, My question is, is it worth paying 29 extra dollars to get a DDR system? Will DDR provide significant performance increases. And If you guys are wondering, I am getting a IBM 60gxp 40 GB 72000 RPM Drive, a Geforce2 GTS, and other stuff that isnt important in this post 😉

 

[Argo]

Sure why not. For $29 bucks I'll take it.

 

[Biggs]

Go with DDR since it is the future and yes it is faster by around 10 - 20% approx.

 

[NeonFlak]

A dilema over $29 for a ddr system? I wouldn't expect the gains that biggs stated in games, business apps but not games.

 

[Duvie]

I agree with the above since the price difference is so minimal...However I think as the ddr platform matures one may get a bit more then 10-20 percent increase out of it...BUt money talks so by this purchase you get the 10-20 percent while using the latest technology.

 

[formulav8]

There are some things that DDR is up to 41% faster then SDR.


Jason

 

[Rand]

For $29 extra bucks I'd say go with the DDR system. No doubt about it.

 

[dcpsoguy]

formulav,

What exactly are those things 😉 ?

 

[johneetrash]

you should save up for 256mb of ram, not 128 🙂