I am waiting on AMD's new Denab to see what performance it gives I am on 939 still 3800 X2 to be exact. Just upgraded my g.card from a 6600GT to 8600GT it does what I want it to do. Denab should support DDR3 problem is never buy memory when it 1st comes out timings usually are slightly rubbish around 6 months in is right time I think.

Sure... and after DDR3 becomes a commodity, then it will be DDR4 that saves the memory chip industry, then DDR5, DDR6, and so on.... And for this piercing analysis, these companies pay how much? $1US? Far too much. Too many wonks in the computer industry who do nothing to add value to the process.

Maybe if Intel would make a DDR2 i7 part then the supply of DDR2 would drop gradually and provide a nice steady price and qty. ramp everyone can enjoy. I don't think your average consumer will appreciate only having 1-2GB of DDR3 as opposed to the current 3-6GB of DDR2 in OEM systems. Personally, I hate the DRAMURAI even though I stuck up for them back in the RDRAM day. Boy, do I feel stupid now. Ask yourself, can giving the choice of XDR/XDR2 really make things worse? The DRAM industry is simply out of control. I've been wanting to make a nice XDR2 DRAM solution for some time now. Just to see if it looks as good on silicon as paper. Someone should give it a try so we can see if it is worth the effort. In the meantime, I'm not really liking FBDIMM implementation. Did not live up to the paper expectations. That might be more due to implementation though. I'm just so tired of everything being so uniform and homogeneous. My technical demands are hetergeneous, not homogeneous. Why can't they understand that? <End Rant>

Hey SalieriW, since i7 uses triple-channel RAM (needs 3 sticks) the smallest available would be 3GB, followed by 6GB as the next step. So stop worrying,