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News G.Skill shows off 2,500MHz DDR3

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by Sifter3000, 16 Apr 2010.

  1. Sifter3000

    Sifter3000 I used to be somebody

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    Guest-23315 Guest

    Does anyone really care?
     
  3. do_it_anyway

    do_it_anyway Minimodder

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    My 1866MHz DDR3 was a stupid purchase. I can't utilise the speed because its linked to the bus of the processor, and I can't / won't take my processor from 133 (2.66GHz) to 186 (3.72GHz).
    So its a waste. Wish I had gone for 1600.

    Will I be interested in 2500Mhz?
    No
     
  4. Naberius

    Naberius What's a Dremel?

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    I do, I think its always good to see companies pushing the limits of what is possible. We wouldn't have got to where we are today if everybody just settled for 1600mhz for example.
     
  5. flibblesan

    flibblesan Destroyer

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    Not me.
     
  6. Otis1337

    Otis1337 aka - Ripp3r

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    thing is....its on a green PCB :(... something thats has flag ship speeds like that should not have GREEN PCB!
     
  7. EvilMerc

    EvilMerc Minimodder

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    One emoticon to decribe my feelings: :/
     
  8. rickysio

    rickysio N900 | HJE900

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    No one really needs anything above 1600MHz. Only the benchmark pursuers require it, and they're anything BUT a mass market.
     
  9. Tulatin

    Tulatin The Froggy Poster

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    To be fair, chipsets could eventually support this fast ass memory through the usage of multipliers. That said, memory bandwidth isn't as huge a deal as it used to be.
     
  10. _Metal_Guitar_

    _Metal_Guitar_ What's a Dremel?

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    This is kind of the place where you should care about things like this, being a PC tech site and all.
     
  11. l3v1ck

    l3v1ck Fueling the world, one oil well at a time.

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    I'll be more interesed in DDR4 which is currently expected to arrive in 2012.
     
  12. wafflesomd

    wafflesomd What's a Dremel?

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    It never appears to me that the speed of ram mattered that much, having more seems to be what matters.

    I'd rather see larger capacity sticks for cheaper.
     
  13. Elton

    Elton Officially a Whisky Nerd

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    Agreed, larger and more dense RAM for cheaper over faster RAM anyday.

    Of course that's due to the fact that latencies are starting to matter less and less.
     
  14. MSHunter

    MSHunter Minimodder

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    god imagine a ram drive made out of those.....
     
  15. Pete J

    Pete J Employed scum

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    This.

    As others have mentioned, I'd be interested in seeing affordable triple channel 4GB and 8GB RAM sticks.
     
  16. woodshop

    woodshop UnSeenly

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    So, whats the fastest memory period then?
     
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    3,300-odd last time I checked.
     
  18. Anfield

    Anfield Multimodder

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    Do I care? nah... I have a I7 920 and the IMC would blow up anyway if I would attempt to run ram anywhere near those speeds, 1600 7-7-7 is good enough for me.
    Anyway, nice kit for those who try to get ram clock wrs, but for anything else? its meh at best.
     
  19. Unknownsock

    Unknownsock What's a Dremel?

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    Wow, look at all these encouraging comments.
    This was a PC tech site last time i checked.
     
  20. wafflesomd

    wafflesomd What's a Dremel?

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    And because it's a PC Tech site we have to have a positive outlook towards PC related news?
     
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