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    When will 2GB ram sodimms fall under $200 ?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by wearetheborg, Mar 23, 2007.

  1. wearetheborg

    wearetheborg Notebook Virtuoso

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    When will 2GB ram sodimms fall under $200 ?
    Any predictions ?
     
    wearetheborg, Mar 23, 2007
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    At the end of the year, maybe?
     
    jetstar, Mar 23, 2007
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    well most probably towards the Q4 when dimms of higher capacities become available
    cheers,
     
    shaheenarshan, Mar 23, 2007
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  4. Zero

    Zero The Random Guy

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    Its diffcult to say. It will only happen when the demand for them increases. At the moment, only a very small number of people will buy 2 GB denstiy modules, since they need alot of RAM for specicialist programs/applications, but the average user doesn't need such a vast amount of RAM. Having said that, games will use more and more RAM, and when games that require more than 2 GB release, the demand will certainly increase.
     
    Zero, Mar 23, 2007
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    Yep and people thinking of upgrading to 4GB (2x 2GB) ram on a 32bit system is not worth it because the OS you will only see ~3GB-3.5GB available. 32bit sytem can address a maximun of 4GB of memory but the problem is things like graphics card, pci bus, chipsets etc all take up some of this memory addressing.

    3GB is a good option because you don't lose much or any physical ram rather wasting half a GB or more. You do lose out on dual channel but the performance with dual channel is not much of an improvement anyway.
     
    ez2remember, Mar 23, 2007
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    Tell me when that happens.Will pay in reps.
    Seriously.
     
    mujtaba, Mar 23, 2007
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    Eventually. When 64-bit becomes more mainstream and people want more RAM.
     
    usapatriot, Mar 23, 2007
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