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Help me buy myself a Christmas present! - ZatarRufus - 12-24-2003
WarLocke,Dec 23 2003, 08:36 PM Wrote:I went ahead and picked up a stick of SDRAM while I was there, because that's what all my diagnostic programs were telling me I had, but when I had the case open I noticed the chip I had was DDR (one notch in the connector, not two)!
Quote:Nystul:(Emphasis mine. -ZR)
DDR memory is a specific type of SDRAM. So when it says DDR SDRAM, this is good news. The stick of memory you have right now is a pretty good performance fit for your motherboard, no need to get rid of it. You just need to get it a mate.
Are these quotes related? Could WarLocke have known what to purchase from Nystul's post? Or am I simply mis-interpreting something?
Edit: Emphasis in quote added.
Help me buy myself a Christmas present! - WarLocke - 12-24-2003
Perhaps. But for two notes that I didn't spell out:
1) I vaguely remembered settling for SDRAM when buying my computer. I know now that was false, but back then...
2) The diagnostic program suggested earlier in the thread (Sandra something-or-other) reported my RAM as plain SDRAM, not "DDR SDRAM."
But basically, yeah, it's my fault for not cracking my case and checking beforehand.