DDR is old enough that supply is becoming scarce. DDR2 is easier to produce, especially at larger sizes. This is why I don't buy more RDRam for my old desktop, it's 8 year old tech and costs almost half a thousand dollars! StormEffect , Jul 28, Yeap, they don't produce it as much and in large quantities anymore, so they are pretty scarce. Put that with supply and demand, and well, it's what it is today. Yep, they're phasing out production on the old DDR pretty quickly, look for it to jump in price even more now that DDR3 is out and they shut down production completely.
BrassMouse , Jul 28, Mike Landry , Jul 28, Even the used market seems a little to spendy. Personally I would go with an SSD but it really depends on what you plan to use this machine for.
I think you will see a bigger bang per buck performance dropping in an SSD vs. OlafSicky Platinum Member. Feb 25, 2, 0 0. Most old laptops don't take 8 gigs. Just get a nice SSD if you have sata ii in that thing. Oct 4, 1, 3 I doubt you would see much of a difference in most tasks an old laptop is capable of running. I'm saying not worth it. SSD all the way! Yeah that is kind of what I thought. Will go the direction of the ssd unless a good Samaritan here wants to donate memory or sell it at a low price.
The core duo T is 3. Great speed. Plus this machine has its own dedicated video card with MB memory on board. A really fast and usable older machine. Gillbot Lifer. Jan 11, 28, 17 Gillbot said:.
It is because it is not manufactured anymore and people still want it. Customers that bring their PC's in are still using very old PCs. Most of them are still running Windows XP, A very small handful has 7 installed and none have anything newer. Mar 6, 3, 4 21, My guess is that no-one is manufacturing DDR2 anymore, and the merchants that still have it in stock know that if someone really "needs" DDR2, they can get away with charging a premium price, because the options are limited.
Martell Splendid. Oct 26, 3, 3 24, As others mentioned, supply is not being replenished and demand isn't dropping as fast as the remaining supplies.
It works perfectly and some pretty good quality modules from OCZ. There was some new DDR2 from U. Some of the prices some of you posted are higher than the ones I was talking about, lol.
I think I mis-posted this, should have been a discussion, not looking for answers. You must log in or register to reply here. Memory 1 Feb 7, Post thread.
Question Super giving me worse frames than a ? Started by Small-Change Oct 7, Replies: Graphics Cards. But its lack of acceptance in the market this year will likely slow the pace of improvement in DRAM technology. Users probably didn't notice any blips in desktop performance.
The old workhorse and current reigning DRAM market leader, Mbit DDR chips that run at MHz, or DDR, maintained its leading share of the global DRAM market in , and it's probably a good thing for users, since they only missed out on getting a little performance bump earlier -- and at a price some analysts said wasn't really worth it anyway.
In notebook PCs, DDR2 won the lion's share of the market because its power-saving qualities lengthened battery life. But for desktop users, power efficiency isn't important enough to justify the extra cost, Huang said. Desktops are the key battleground for market supremacy among DRAM chips.
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