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DDR2 vs DDR3 Memory (NCIX Tech Tips #14)

Linus will walk you through the pros and cons of DDR2 and DDR3 desktop memory.

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25 Comments

  1. miro995 says:

    @HeadouCompany Your comment makes no sense! You went off topic as well… This video is talking about RAM! NOT Processors! You see but you used a reply button on someones comment like I did so its not off topic at all its just commenting to your Topic. Besides that you went off topic anyhow this video talks about Ram not Processors.

  2. HeadouCompany says:

    @miro995 you comment off topic !

  3. miro995 says:

    @HeadouCompany Be happy with what you got some of us don’t even have that. ~_~

  4. zoomtko says:

    Stupid Camera Man!

  5. esca8652 says:

    Why does this video feel so old? It’s was made in 2008, but it feels like 10 years ago.

  6. puffycloudsofdeath says:

    @pacccv yes just not in a dual channel configuration

  7. pacccv says:

    the 2 boards can be diferent right?Lets say if I want 1 kingston and one A-data I can put them 2 on my motherboard righ?

  8. DBZisthebestanimever says:

    @jmlinde Anyone can compare apples to oranges.

  9. Djkike19 says:

    Hagan uno en español

  10. Fuice1 says:

    Premium boards lmao xD

  11. TearsOfWar1 says:

    @jmlinde Ever know that DDR2 can actually run in 4 channel mode? Just look at the older generation of Mac pro. DDR3 doesn’t, at least I am not aware of.

  12. TearsOfWar1 says:

    @jmlinde DDR2 wait never mind, I looked over the fact that you used the same frequency of both.

  13. TearsOfWar1 says:

    @jmlinde DDR2 can go up to 1066 man, so be fair and use 1066 DDR2, or else it’s kinda backhanded.

  14. TearsOfWar1 says:

    @jmlinde For some reason youtube did not feel like showing your messages in my inbox…

  15. makedonskilav says:

    @TearsOfWar1 I need some help please, how do i find out what ddr ram do i have. Also i have 4 memory slots which 2 of them are already used with 1gb each one. But the 2 other free slots won’t fit the type of Ram i already have on the other slots. Does this mean that they are with different ddr ? Please answer, thanks

  16. TearsOfWar1 says:

    @jmlinde Actually DDR2 is faster than DDR3 memory up to a certain frequency. I think after 1600+ it catches up, also depending on the quality of the RAM, that goes for both DDR2 and DDR3. I have 4gb of DDR3 RAM running at 2000, running at default of 9-10-9-28 timings and at 1.65V. DDR2 can go up to 1066 with MUCH lower timings and cas latency, I am not sure which one would win.

  17. jmlinde says:

    @TearsOfWar1 So lets compare apples to apples instead of apples to oranges…… dumb fuck

  18. jmlinde says:

    @TearsOfWar1
    but here for the sake of the argument I compared one kit with a previous generation kit. The gap is small but it exists (ddr3 is faster). The main reason DDR3 is better is lower voltage and therefore lower heat output.
    So you are completely right a lower CAS latency is desirable, but not in clock cycles, you have to calculate real time latency. And you can argue that certain DDR2 Kits(high end) are better than certain DDR3 Kits(lowend) Continued….. again

  19. jmlinde says:

    @TearsOfWar1
    So if you compare Corsair ddr3 1600 xms3 with a clockspeed of 800mhz and a cas latency of 9 with corsair ddr2 800 xms2 which has a clock speed of 400mhz and a cas latency of 5. The frequency of the ddr3 is doubled. So in order for the ddr2 to have lower real-time latency the cas would have to be 4.5. I know you can find lower cas ddr2 (ddr3 too), VVV Continued again VVV

  20. jmlinde says:

    @TearsOfWar1 ” ‘Modern DRAM modules’ CAS latencies are specified in clock ticks instead of time, when comparing latencies at different clock speeds, latencies must be translated into actual times to make a fair comparison; a higher numerical CAS latency may still be a shorter real-time latency if the clock is faster.”

    Continued VV lol

  21. magno172 says:

    /b/ brought me here.

  22. TearsOfWar1 says:

    @ikameozero Look up Cas latency dumb fuck then compare DDR2 to DDR3 based on that.

  23. ikameozero says:

    @TearsOfWar1 yea do me a favor stop talking crap lower is better ?? only if have a crap Chipset also having a lower cach dont mean nothing when the clock speeds on ddr 2 are like half of ddr 3 well done your a idiot with a crap pc trying to tell yourself its good when clearly its not lmao

  24. wispyok06 says:

    can my intel e2200 dual core processor can be match with drr3 memory?tnx

  25. GamerX7800X says:

    0:51 I used to own that kit! :-D

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