fast, then there's crazy fast. Patriot's latest DDR3 kit has the numbers on paper, but how does it look in the virtual battlefield?
While DDR2 memory is anything but passe, DDR3 nonetheless is here. Motherboard manufacturers along with Intel and its new chipsets have started building boards that are DDR3 only solutions (
http://www.viperlair.com/reviews/mem.../index.shtml#).
As with any new technology (
http://www.viperlair.com/reviews/mem.../index.shtml#), as much as I enjoy it and want to delve in with both feet, I know that there is always a learning curve, an initial deployment that might not perform as expected. When I got the call to review some DDR3 memory, I was both excited and wary, I still recall when DDR2 first arrived on the scene, and couldn't outperform DDR.
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*Review: Viperlair (
http://www.viperlair.com/reviews/mem.../index.shtml)*
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