ddr2/3 motherboards

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Name: quarantinedjk
Date: April 15, 2008 at 03:18:35 Pacific
Subject: ddr2/3 motherboards
OS: xp
CPU/Ram: c2d/2gb
Model/Manufacturer: asus

Comment:

Do you guys know any motherboard supporting both ddr2 and ddr3...

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Response Number 1

Name: kx5m2g
Date: April 15, 2008 at 08:15:28 Pacific
Subject: ddr2/3 motherboards

Reply: (edit)

GIGABYTE GA-EP35-DS3R LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Dynamic Energy Saver Ultra Durable II Intel Motherboard. Asus also makes a board like that-I don't remember which one-it's very recent.

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Response Number 2

Name: jam
Date: April 15, 2008 at 09:27:03 Pacific
Subject: ddr2/3 motherboards

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DDR3 brings nothing to the table at this time.

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Response Number 3

Name: kx5m2g
Date: April 15, 2008 at 10:00:24 Pacific
Subject: ddr2/3 motherboards

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But with both ddr2 and ddr3, you have the option of using DDR2 RAM now and then aletr switching to DDR3 when it's cheaper and does bring more to the table.

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Response Number 4

Name: OtheHill
Date: April 15, 2008 at 10:46:39 Pacific
Subject: ddr2/3 motherboards

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I am not a fan of MBoards that attempt to be one size fits all. These boards usually underperform using either option available and are usually more expensive. There are many examples to cite but I am not going to bother.

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Response Number 5

Name: jam
Date: April 15, 2008 at 12:33:28 Pacific
Subject: ddr2/3 motherboards

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http://www.anandtech.com/memory/sho...

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Response Number 6

Name: Cobra_R
Date: April 15, 2008 at 13:45:20 Pacific
Subject: ddr2/3 motherboards

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The DDR3/DDR2 motherboards that come out now hold little to no advantage over DDR2 motherboards. So even if you do decide to switch over to DDR3 later with one of these DDR3/DDR2 motherboards, you're not going to see any real performance boost from it, because you will be stuck using first generation DDR3 speeds.
This reminds me of DDR2/DDR1 motherboards when they came out.

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Response Number 7

Name: quarantinedjk
Date: April 16, 2008 at 01:01:19 Pacific
Subject: ddr2/3 motherboards

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Ok thanks ...
i just got heaps of spare ddr2 around the house...

just making use of them.

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Response Number 8

Name: OtheHill
Date: April 16, 2008 at 06:09:59 Pacific
Subject: ddr2/3 motherboards

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Then build a system using it. As jam stated there is no advantage to DDR3 at this time.

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