DDR3 COMPARISON

Below is a chart demonstrating the performance of DDR2 vs DDR3

No 3. Graph is the MEMORY score achieved in PCMark05

No 2. Graph is the OVERALL score achieved in PCMark05

No 1. Graph is the score the systems achieved in 3dmark06

The first system (green bars) is a 780i Motherboard with a Q9550 CPU, GTX 260 and Low Latency DDR2 800Mhz RAM with a latency timing of 4-4-4-12

The second system (red bars) is a X48 Motherboard with a Q9550 CPU, GTX 260 and DDR3 1333Mhz RAM with a latency timing of 7-7-7-20

The third system (blue bars) is a P45-DS3 Motherboard with a Q9550 CPU, GTX 260 and normal DDR2 800Mhz RAM with a latency timing of 5-5-5-15

 

The X48 DDR3 system costs approx an extra $300+