Kingston Unveils DDR4 SODIMM Memory For Intel Skylake Laptops

[N.Broekhuijsen]

Kingston unveiled its new DDR4 SODIMM memory for laptops and small form factor devices, as well as some new low-voltage DDR3L memory.

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[deksman]

Timings are worse than on DDR3.
What's the point exactly on faster speeds and marginally lower voltage that won't ever be noticeable?

 

[balister]

Timings are worse than on DDR3.
What's the point exactly on faster speeds and marginally lower voltage that won't ever be noticeable?

Give DDR4 a little time to mature. If you remember when DDR3 original came out, it had latencies similar to the best DDR2 at the time. After a little maturity, DDR3 latencies dropped below DDR2 for similar speeds (DDR3 800 to DDR2 800 and DDR3 1066 to DDR2 1066).

 

[ipwn3r456]

Too late, need a laptop for college in 3 weeks, already ordered laptop with DDR3 RAM. If only Intel released Skylake a bit earlier.

 

[beayn]

Timings are worse than on DDR3.
What's the point exactly on faster speeds and marginally lower voltage that won't ever be noticeable?

If I remember right, when the clock speed goes up, the latencies look worse because they are measured in clock cycles not time. For example an 800mhz module with 4,4,4,5 would become a 1600mhz module at 8,8,8,10. Someone correct me if I'm wrong...

 

[cats_Paw]

There has not been a real revolution in CPUs and RAM since the original quad cores (Intel Q6600).
WE have only had marginal upgrades, in many cases even sidegrades (anyone remmber those i5-2500K and i5-3XXXK comparison charts?).

Untill DX12 comes out full fleged and we can see real world performance, its impossibru to know if its even worth it upgradeing the oldest I-Cores.