DDR1 question

[KyeC]

Hello.

I have the option to buy 2 x 1GB of corsair DDR1 400mhz 2.5cas.

Will this be something good for preformance beyond Longhorn? Will this ram give the preformance needed on a high end CPU? Basically...will it give decent preformance compaired to what will be on offer in about 2 years? Or is this way to far ahead?

The plan is to have this memory as a big investment, somthing i can have intil beyond slightly DDR3. Its for the gaming rig. 2GB is ideal now considering longhorn and next gen games that will benefit from the extra 1GB over just 1GB.

Kye

[KyeC]

http://forums.firingsquad.com/firingsquad/board/message?board.id=hardware&message.id=39816

Thats what the americans think.

But, i kinda got the answer i was looking for. Wondering if anyone here can do a better job of advising me :cool:

[mrochester]

Put simply, nothing in the world of computers is future proof as there is always something better on the horizon, so don't even try to buy anything based on performance in 2 years time. Just buy what you need for great performance now and see how it is in a years time.

[KyeC]

Not true. Which is why i asked for RAM. CPU and graphics card yes, but if DDR1 400mhz will not bottleneck in 2 years time then i will get 2gb RAM.

If 2gb ddr1 400mhz will be good for a dual core system then buying now will mean i will be having the ram for a very long time. i wanted to make sure, that the RAM will be so slow compaired to what will be offered in 2 years. i mean slow in preformance, not on paper speeds and tech.

[mrochester]

If 2gb ddr1 400mhz will be good for a dual core system then buying now will mean i will be having the ram for a very long time. i wanted to make sure, that the RAM will be so slow compaired to what will be offered in 2 years. i mean slow in preformance, not on paper speeds and tech.

Like I said, it's impossible to say as I'm afraid I don't have a magic ball to look into the future to tell you. All platforms will be DDR2 by the end of 2006 anyway.