So,as the question in the title says.RAM manufacturers are just starting to announce DDR4 chips.How long do you think it will take before every high-end PC will have DDR4 in it?My bet is DDR3 will survive at least until mid 2015.
If we talk mainstream as in LGA1150 type. Then Micron and others expect late 2015. In other words, Skylake.
Also,the argument about the first DDR4 modules being on par or slower than DDR3,is it a fact or based on past similar situations?I'd suspect quad-channel support would be the biggest improvement after current DDR3 setups...
Since desktop workloads are far more sensitive to latency than bandwidth, DDR4 likely won’t offer much benefit here until clock speeds rise well above 2133MHz. That doesn’t make DDR4 a bad thing, most memory standards launch at rough parity with the product they replace, but it means users shouldn’t look to the new memory to provide an immediate performance boost over the old.
Overall, Haswell-E will be a significant step forward in total desktop performance and a moderate improvement on total platform capabilities. If you’re a high-end enthusiast whose been waiting for faster desktop hardware, it’ll scratch that particular itch — but you’ll have to wait another 15 months or so to test it.
Depends on how you define "mainstream". Technically as DDR4 isn't available yet, anything would make it more "mainstream".
Or, are we talking before it's the "norm". If so, it'll be 4 or 5 years. Sure, OEM's will start shipping new PC's with DDR4 by what, 2015 probably... but, at the rate in which people upgrade their PC's these days, it's going to be years before the majority of typical home consumers have DDR4 in their computer.
We're just waiting for cpus/motherboards that support it right now.
I'm hoping this year something will be available. Of course if only 10% of shipments are ddr4, people on these forums are likely to be the first to be counted
The major memory companies probably have large stockpiles of ddr4 right now, just waiting for the motherboards to launch.
I guess it depends on whether you by "the norm" mean what people will be buying, or what they have in their computer.
When people upgrade they upgrade to the latest that's available. By 2015 that'll by Skylake and DDR4. Adding DDR3 RAM to existing PCs people don't do so much. So it won't be 4-5 years in terms of what people are buying, more like 1-2.
Also, check the graphs above.
Haswell-E will support DDR4 and only DDR4. So you get that in Q3. But DDR4 stays server/workstation class only until a good bit into 2015.
yeah, i've read most the same news as all the other constant lurkers here :/
maybe we'll get a surprise, but I doubt it.
Personally i'm waiting for ddr4, soon as systems come out with it i'll upgrade.
Well,seeing as the general consensus puts initial availability of DDR4 modules for enthusiasts in late 2014,I'd suspect them being a worthy upgrade for top-of-the-line DDR3 modules will take a long time.So yeah,there isn't really any point in holding off one's PC purchase solely for DDR4.Just get a 2400MHz kit and you're good to go.
I disagree completely. If you're in the market for 2400MHz DDR3 then clearly price doesn't matter to you and you might as well jump on the DDR4 when it comes around. There's no value in going for anything more than 1600MHz DDR3 at the moment unless its equally or cheaper priced.
For no real reason I just browsed the fastest ddr3 selection on newegg ...
seems $500-$1200 is common for 16GB kits of the fast stuff ... insane