AM2 chipset to support 800 MHZ DDR2

[incinerator]

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=29716

I wonder how much of a performance boost this will give them with their built in memory controller. Should be good stuff

This is also good news for memory manufacturers as well because they will sell a bunch of high end ram. What is not so good is 800MHZ DDR2 costs more, but if its faster I'm in.

-Incinerator-
-A.K.A. Jimbomanx-

 

[luminaris]

From what I understand, its supposed to post performance gains of up to 20%

 

[Craigmandu]

I've been suprised Intel made the DDR2 leap so quick and AMD didn't, especially considering the RAMBUS fiasco.

 

[Ycon]

The performance boost will hardly be 2-digits

@Craigmandu:
AMD always lets the others do stuff first and after a few years they adopt it too.

 

[Craigmandu]

Ycon,

That proves smart, at least in situations like Rambus etc.. Sometimes though, it seems like they "should" be rolling into something that they are "choosing" not to.

Anyways, it'll be a moot point once AM2 comes out.

 

[9-inch]

Incinarator:

I'm sorry I've posted the same article. I apologize for not seing it before.