Price Gap Between DDR2 and DDR3 to Disappear
Price Gap Between DDR2 and DDR3 to Disappear
Posted 09/02/2009 at 6:00am
| by Paul Lilly
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In most cases, it's still cheaper to purchase DDR2 DIMMs than it is to invest in DDR3 memory, albeit not by very much in some cases. Citing un-named market sources, news and rumor site DigiTimes says the price gap between the two types of RAM is expected to disappear completely very soon.
As it currently stands, spot pricing for 1Gb DDR2 chips has climbed above $1.60, still lower than 1Gb DDR3 priceing, which has settled in at $1.90 and isn't moving very much. But market sources say the two segments will crossover, and do so at a price point below $2 per 1Gb chip.
If the price difference does go by the wayside, memory makers are likely to shift their focus to DDR3, where demand will be higher. This would also trickle down to PC vendors, some of which have been using DDR2 parts to cut back on costs.
image Credit: Tomshardware
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jess6369
September 02, 2009 at 3:03pm
Lol tom's hardware image credit... anyway back to the article. How much of a difference does ddr3 vs ddr2 matter? Upgrades are starting to only show up in synthetic benchmarks and some games nowadays.
dag1992
September 02, 2009 at 11:41am
DDR3 is at a pretty nice price point now compared to as little as a year ago. I'm guessing the x58 platform did the trick.
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