AMD to Use Qimonda's GDDR5 Memory - Page 3

onebxr · May 21st, 2008

so with your reasoning you must be able to:
play a DVD on a blu ray they both look the same on the inside
use a 939 chip on an AM2 board
Plug DDR2 in a DDR 3 slot
They all work basically the same way but yet they are not interchangeable!
-1

screwballl · May 21st, 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by drew and not u

It is important to note that this GDDR-2 memory used on graphics cards is not DDR2 per se, but rather an early midpoint between DDR and DDR2 technologies. Using "DDR2" to refer to GDDR-2 is a colloquial misnomer.
In particular, the performance-enhancing doubling of the I/O clock rate is missing. It had severe overheating issues due to the nominal DDR voltages. ATI has since designed the GDDR technology further into GDDR3, which is more true to the DDR2 specifications, though with several additions suited for graphics cards.

I read that a few places and it does not answer the questions... but thats ok I will let the thread run its course and let comments about the GDDR5 continue... sorry for the derailment

onebxr · May 21st, 2008

techPowerUp! Forums - View Single Post - GDDR vs DDR Whats the Difference?

**One4yu2c** · May 21st, 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by screwballl

sorry for the derailment

Nah, it's a good topic to segue into, and would actually make for a great interview question. To answer it in this thread would take either (A) someone inherently knowledgeable with the various RAM standards and able to 'dumb' it down into layman speak (where's Boy'N'Black at!?), or (B) a lot of whitepaper scanning. The technologies are different, but I fall under (C), which means I'm not nerd enough to know the intricacies.

screwballl · May 21st, 2008

@onebxr: yeah I read that too and they know less than we do

@One4: We may as well separate this into a separate topic to keep this on topic about the GDDR5 being used with AMDs latest graphics cards...

Parker · May 22nd, 2008

Bunch of clowns...

**One4yu2c** · May 22nd, 2008

So, how about that GDDR5? Yep. AMD. GDDR5. Gonna get me some GDDR5.

drew and not u · May 22nd, 2008

Yep. Mmm Hmm.

screwballl · May 22nd, 2008

I started it off:

HL - DDR versus GDDR

May 21st, 2008	#21
onebxr BAM-BAM Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Frisco, TX Posts: 1,255 Blog Entries: 3	Re: AMD to Use Qimonda's GDDR5 Memory so with your reasoning you must be able to: play a DVD on a blu ray they both look the same on the inside use a 939 chip on an AM2 board Plug DDR2 in a DDR 3 slot They all work basically the same way but yet they are not interchangeable! -1

May 21st, 2008	#23
onebxr BAM-BAM Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Frisco, TX Posts: 1,255 Blog Entries: 3	Re: AMD to Use Qimonda's GDDR5 Memory techPowerUp! Forums - View Single Post - GDDR vs DDR Whats the Difference?

May 21st, 2008	#25
screwballl Colonel Calamity Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sandy South Posts: 6,278 Blog Entries: 6	Re: AMD to Use Qimonda's GDDR5 Memory @onebxr: yeah I read that too and they know less than we do @One4: We may as well separate this into a separate topic to keep this on topic about the GDDR5 being used with AMDs latest graphics cards... Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members.

May 22nd, 2008	#26
Parker Bowser pwner. Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: East Bay, CA Posts: 1,635 Blog Entries: 1	Re: AMD to Use Qimonda's GDDR5 Memory Bunch of clowns...

May 22nd, 2008	#27
One4yu2c I don't know how to put this, but, I'm kind of a big deal. Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Land of the Lounge Lizards Posts: 2,721 Blog Entries: 3	Re: AMD to Use Qimonda's GDDR5 Memory So, how about that GDDR5? Yep. AMD. GDDR5. Gonna get me some GDDR5.

May 22nd, 2008	#28
drew and not u 4GHz or Bust Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: A different kind of Green Computing Posts: 2,110	Re: AMD to Use Qimonda's GDDR5 Memory Yep. Mmm Hmm.

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