Gskill Ripjaws 2133 is using GDDR3?

[Steevo]

So I just got my new 8GB kit and it has K4W2G0846P-HC15 Samsung chips on it which are listed as GDDR3, what is the difference between DDR3 and GDDR3?

 

[LightningJR]

It's possible that it's a mistype. If not then http://solidlystated.com/hardware/difference-between-gddr-and-ddr/



Also


http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/gddr-vs-ddr-whats-the-difference.56318/

 

[Steevo]

We will see this weekend I hope, I don't think I will be able to push the memory other than tightening the timings which is really what I wanted.

 

[The Von Matrices]

If you look at the Samsung part number decoder, they make a distinction between "gDDR3 SDRAM," which is what you have, and "GDDR3 SGRAM." From what I interpret, "gDDR3 SDRAM" is standard DDR3 in a package designed so that it can easily be swapped with GDDR3-SGRAM on supported graphics cards. I wouldn't expect any performance difference between gDDR3 and normal DDR3; overclocking ability, of course, is unknown. Entry level GPUs aren't exactly known for high memory overclocks, but tightening timings is interesting because it's something you wouldn't be concerned about on a GPU.

I have to give credit to whatever company manufactured your DIMMs for being creative. That company probably found these chips for such a low price that it made more sense to design a new PCB just to hold these special chips rather than continue using their existing PCBs and more expensive, conventional DDR3 chips.

 

[Nordic]

Looks like an adata heatsink. Maybe gskill.

 

[INSTG8R]

Looks like an adata heatsink. Maybe gskill.

LOL the title of the thread says they are Gskill Ripjaws...

 

[Steevo]

I have built a few systems a couple years ago with DDR3, and have since gotten out of doing builds and almost any IT work other than for my own stuff, but reading through some of the threads about Samsung RAM I had no idea what this stuff was.