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Subject: Re: Does DDR Ram really Increase computer performance?

Author: Matt Taylor

Date: 03:28:28 04/06/03

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On April 05, 2003 at 23:35:45, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On April 05, 2003 at 23:23:39, George Wilson wrote:
>
>>Exactly how much of a speed increase do you get,if at all? Is it worth it to
>>upgrade from SDRam to DDR for computer chess?
>
>As always, it depends on the program and processor.  SDRAM seems to have a
>better
>latency, but DDR is not bad and can produce significantly better bandwidth.

SDRAM and DDR SDRAM have roughly identical latency (+/- 1/2 bus clock). DDR
SDRAM has twice the bandwidth, at least on paper.

-Matt



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