What to do with all this RAM when DDR4 rolls out?

[Emulex]

i thought my video card uses ddr5 (nvidia) already.

so why are you guys still using ddr3?

 

[LiuKangBakinPie]

Adobe CS5 can munch through 24GB like a hobo in KFC

 

[LiuKangBakinPie]

i thought my video card uses ddr5 (nvidia) already.

So why are you guys still using ddr3?

gddr5

 

[taltamir]

keep your DDR3, when DDR5 or 6 comes around it will be worth a lot of money on ebay.

i thought my video card uses ddr5 (nvidia) already.

so why are you guys still using ddr3?

GDDR5 = DDR3 derivative
GDDR4 = DDR3 derivative
GDDR3 = DDR2 derivative
GDDR2 = DDR derivative
GDDR = DDR derivative

 

[Voo]

i thought my video card uses ddr5 (nvidia) already.

so why are you guys still using ddr3?

Well GDDR5 would be pretty hard to cool under other things..

@talta: GDDR4 is DDR3 based not 2.

 

[taltamir]

Well GDDR5 would be pretty hard to cool under other things..

@talta: GDDR4 is DDR3 based not 2.

oops, I mixed them up.

 

[darkewaffle]

An even bigger problem is what will happen to our DDR4 DIMMs when DDR5 comes out? THE FUTURE IS BLEAK!!!

What am I supposed to do with my poor old USB2 devices now that USB3 is out!?

 

[jimhsu]

I'm sure when DDR4 comes out, 16-24GB of ram would probably be a midrange to budget system. There's always a use ... if anything, Windows 9 is going to use 16GB just by itself "just because it can". Games will take at least 8GB because we love our 8K by 8K textures on our next gen 4K screens. Having 1TB in servers would probably be typical for interactive, dynamic VR applications and processing.

This is assuming we still use DRAM... holographic memory anyone?

Never underestimate innovation if you give it time.

 

[XLNC]

What am I supposed to do with my poor old USB2 devices now that USB3 is out!?

Plug the USB2 device in the USB3 slot.