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billybob
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_ 		10. April 2008 @ 19:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hey. I bought a budget socket AM2 mobo a few months ago.

I just searched for some ram and found DDR3!
I didnt actually know this was out, but im wondering....will it work in a normal ddr2 slot?

Or are there completely different kettles of fish?
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sammorris
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_ 		11. April 2008 @ 05:42 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Nope, DDR3 requires its own slot. I wouldn't bother with DDR3 yet, it's overpriced, the latencies are sick, and as you've seen, it's probably motherboard upgrade time to support it. Interestingly enough, Gigabyte's P35-DS3R comes in a C version that supports DDR3. It's the one I owned, purely coincidentally.
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krj15489
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_ 		11. April 2008 @ 08:43 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
DDR3 isnt worth it. it provides almost no speed improvement. here are some benchmarks.

http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/04/09/t...am_speed_tests/
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billybob
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_ 		11. April 2008 @ 11:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thank you mate :-D
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tripplite
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_ 		11. April 2008 @ 19:43 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
maybe it'll improve in the future.....WOW im behind i cant believe
DDR2 just got 1 up'd!

-tripplite
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