*Source: Anandtech (
http://anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=3121)*
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We're still working on providing detailed results, but one of the interesting aspects of the new Intel (
http://anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=3121#) X38 chipset is that memory performance improves with X38 - but only with DDR3 memory. Improvements over P35 range from 3 to 5% with DDR3, but there are no real improvements in DDR2 performance compared to P35. It should be clear to enthusiasts at this point that DDR3 appears to offer more potential for high performance than DDR2. This is certainly borne out by the dramatic memory speed increases that have been achieved with DDR3 so quickly after introduction.
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