DDR2 vs DDR3 in video editing and gaming. I'm trying to buy a video card for my new mobo my laptop seems to run my video editing programs decently but not 100% perfect because i'm upgrading to HD blue ray kind of stuff eventually should i work on getting a...

video... And Yes DDR3 would be a better way to go...but they dont have significant performance boost over DDR2... And the GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-US2H that you have listed is just a DDR2 mobo...you cant use DDR3 with that... ...

PURCHASE DATE: within a month or two BUDGET RANGE: $500-$850, emphasis on price/performance and upgradeability SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: gaming, video editing, Matlab, Solidworks PARTS NOT REQUIRED: monitor, keyboard, 5.1 speakers...

that is not all the informative as far as my experience with it goes. Is the XDR2 suitable for consumer desktop PCs? Would installing it in a state of the art gaming or video editing comp be worth the cost, and the possible hassle of tracking down a compatible...

AMD gaming rig. APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: starting to buy the stuff on tuesday. BUDGET RANGE: 1000-1300 SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, Coding, video's, internet, slight video editing. PARTS NOT REQUIRED: mouse, headphones, keyboard,...

would be pretty good for gaming and Video editing ? Also if there are any other Motherboards (AMD) that would also be ok. I would prefer ddr2 or a combo ddr2/ddr3 ? I would also like to run with the : AMD Phenom II X4 945 Deneb 3.0GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache...

DDR2 wtf. Thats not enough. He would get better fps with a 6GB DDR3! While that may be true, his mobo will NOT support DDR3 Ram, so your suggestion is without value... :ange: He would have to upgrade his motherboard to install DDR3 memory. Also, more...

1500 build for HD Vid Edit/photoshop/50% gaming. APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: 4 days (Monday) BUDGET RANGE: ($1000-1500) After Rebate SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: HD video edits/ special effects, Photoshop, Gaming maybe 50% PARTS NOT REQUIRED:...

get DDR3 board, the memory is getting cheaper and DDR2 is getting more expensive and in the future if you want to upgrade your ram you might be SOL because of price (look at DDR prices compared to DDR2 and DDR3) k thanks everyone a lot Not much of a bottleneck...

in parts I haven't selected yet. SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, Photoshop (not particuarly heavy work and on a small scale), surfing the internet, watching films, video editing (very little). Also I doubt I'll ever do any heavy encoding...