DDR4 ????

[Dave0w]

is DDR4 round the corner or a long way off?
i am fighting with the idea of a new i3 or i5 system or updating my q6600 for better OC and ddr3 ram when a friend sent me this link

http://www.pcworld.com/article/215476/samsung_develops_worlds_first_ddr4_ram.html

so now i would like to know is this tec in the near future or a long-way away

 

[Orcvader]

I'm guessing it will be released in late 2013/early 2014...

 

[Custards87]

According to this: http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/memory/2010/08/26/ddr4-what-we-can-expect/1

we won't see mass adoption for another four years or so. Looks like you're find with tried and trusted DDR3.

 

[MagicBoy]

It's not supported by Sandy Bridge, so it's unlikely to be until the next platform refresh, so yeah probably a couple of years at least.

 

[Br4d]

Its Weird how they have made DDR4 Ram yet have no Motherboard / Memory Controller / CPU to Support it? Plus How did they know where to put the Grove to stop you putting DDR4 into DDR3 Slots? aha, Intel Probably have Haswell Up and Running with this Ram

Strip Tease for Geeks! Looool

 

[PermaBanned]

Considering the minimal performance difference between DDR2 and DDR3 i really wouldn't worry about it anyway.

 

[Br4d]

Considering the minimal performance difference between DDR2 and DDR3 i really wouldn't worry about it anyway.

+1

 

[Geckovich]

Slightly related but a little off topic - Why did GPUs pretty much skip DDR4 with the exception of a few models a couple of years ago?

There must have been some reason (I can't remember what it was but I'm sure I looked into it at the time) but would that same reason not apply to desktops, leading straight into DDR5?

 

[PermaBanned]

GDDR5 is based on DDR3, GDDR3 was based on DDR2. GDDR4 was supposed to improve on GDDR3 and replace it, something it didn't achieve.

 

[Orcvader]

GDDR5 also costs less to manufacture compared to GDDR4, so GDDR4 had no chance to replace GDDR3.