question about DDR2 & DDR3

manar123

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hey Guys
does the standard of Mother boards & Memories ( DDR2 or DDR3 ) play an essential role in Gaming

if i have a decent CPU & GPU ....will the standard of ram ( DDR2 or DDr3 ) will make a huge difference in gaming

thanks Guys
 

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It is game specific but generally speaking you should prioritise the amount of RAM over the speed of RAM. Having enough RAM that your PC doesn't have to use its paging file (on the hard disk) is better than having faster RAM but less of it and using the paging file. So I would take 4GB of DDR2 over 2GB of DDR3.

That said, CPUs that were in production around the time of DDR2 are significantly poorer performing than modern DDR3 era CPUs. You will also find it easier to get hold of large DDR3 DIMMs than you will DDR2.