that is what i suspect too, as DDR2 cannot give better performnce than DDR2 at those high latencies.

I meant better performance than DDR

(Why can't I edit my own posts?)

actually, bandwidth wise DDR2 >> DDR


and you can't edit your post in this section of the forum :) (so people can't alter their statements)

I know about the bandwidth but the end result (performance) is not that different, meaning it doesn't justify buying them.

well not if you want to upgrade to a beefier cpu and you still have some (recently purchased) ddr lying around but if you're buying an all new system, i don't see what the problem is... prices on ddr2 are very competitive nowadays if you ask me...