Just a quick question really. I'm in the process of helping dad upgrade a really really old PC (Dell Dimension 8100) with a little more RAM. It happens to take RDRAM (yes, I know it costs the earth and isn't financially a particularly clever upgrade!), and I noticed that it runs at 800mhz.
Now, the DDR2 RAM in my current PC also runs at 800mhz (2x400mhz if you take the double data rate into account). I guess all I really want to know is why current DDR2 has only relatively recently surpassed 800mhz, and a couple of years back this speed of RAM was fairly unheard of, when my dad's 7 year old PC was running this speed back then?
Or is it a case of new architecture leading to more efficient, if "slower" chips, as has been the case with C2D versus P4?
EDIT - only just realized how "commanding" the thread title sounds - wasn't meant to, was meant to have a smiley face next to it. Sorry, here's your smiley!
Now, the DDR2 RAM in my current PC also runs at 800mhz (2x400mhz if you take the double data rate into account). I guess all I really want to know is why current DDR2 has only relatively recently surpassed 800mhz, and a couple of years back this speed of RAM was fairly unheard of, when my dad's 7 year old PC was running this speed back then?
Or is it a case of new architecture leading to more efficient, if "slower" chips, as has been the case with C2D versus P4?
EDIT - only just realized how "commanding" the thread title sounds - wasn't meant to, was meant to have a smiley face next to it. Sorry, here's your smiley!
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