Corsair Dominator memory sets new DDR3 speed record

In the world of high-end gaming rigs, it isn't size of your megahertz that equates to higher performance, but the multiplier on your bus -- if you catch our drift. Regardless, for most gamers bigger numbers will always be better, and when it comes to fast memory Corsair now holds the record with a 1GB stick of Dominator DDR3 SDRAM. Overclocking in at 2462MHz (supposedly the highest recorded frequency to date), it survived the brutal testing thanks in part to an integrated four-layer extruded aluminum sink, which helps shuttle heat away from your bits and into your case. Naturally, these numbers come at a premium: over $200 per gig. But if you absolutely must have the fastest, this is it -- for the moment.

[Luigi193 @ May 21st 2008 8:51AM]

Fancy...

[OneLove @ May 21st 2008 11:14AM]

yeah, It sets a price record too.

[Neeko @ May 21st 2008 8:55AM]

WOW those must run really hot. Whats next a separate cooling fan just for your memory? Now that would ne HOT.

[redbellyman @ May 21st 2008 8:59AM]

they already have fans, that clip on to the tops of the heatsinks for their dominator series

[steve @ May 21st 2008 8:57AM]

Good to see DDR3 replacing low latency DDR2 as top for performance. Anyone know what latency these are btw?

[steve @ May 21st 2008 9:03AM]

Edit: Just read the press release; says CL=9

[pfromg @ May 21st 2008 8:59AM]

why does the world need this product?
it will make about 0.001% difference to system performance if at all.
I think you have to be a bit daft to "want" these so called "performance memory" chips.

[Kizorblade @ May 21st 2008 9:13AM]

E-peen... it's all about the e-peen.

[Oinquer @ May 21st 2008 9:23AM]

the only place i noticed diference between ddr2 800 and up it was game load times...maybe photoshop projects and stuff too...
but performance? i doubt anything big will happen

[JamesR @ May 21st 2008 9:29AM]

Development is all incremental. The people that buy this will be paying for the development of the next increment in performance. While it's true the world may not need this product specifically they will need/want what follows it and what follows that.

I have some PC100 SDRAM you can have cheap...

[pfromg @ May 21st 2008 9:42AM]

id take your pc100 , if it would fit in my mac pro....

theres really not a lot of difference speedwise between todays memory and the memory from 3 or 4 years ago, all the so called increments have done is create an illusion that there is something new going on , when its basically just the same old crap in a differnt wrapper.
All they do is up the clock speed reduce the size and do like they have a new invention. Its not like making a cpu , where you have to actually do be creative.

The world milking comes to mind.

[Kurian @ May 21st 2008 11:51AM]

I agree that the RAM latency itself does not cause much of an improvement. The only reason to buy performance RAM is because you can loosen the stock timings a bit, and still have it perform as fast as cheaper RAM. Once you've loosened the timings, you can overclock it WAAAAY more than you could at stock timings.

[FTY @ May 21st 2008 9:15AM]

$200 is pretty cheap, well RAM is cheap these days, few years back you would fork $500+ for 1GB of this kind of performance* at that time.

[Oinquer @ May 21st 2008 9:36AM]

sorry to disapoint you...but i buy 1 gig ram 800Mhz for less then 20€... so it is 35€-38€ for 2 gigs?

[thatrotierkid @ May 21st 2008 9:27AM]

And 10 years ago you would pay $1000-$2000 for 512MB of RAM, you can't compare the value of the same amount of RAM that exist years apart. If you want to compare this to anything, compare the equivalent amount of RAM based on the "norm" during each time.

[Che @ May 21st 2008 9:51AM]

What? No heatpipes?

[austin @ May 21st 2008 10:26AM]

when i first read the headline, i thought it was someone playing dance dance revolution really fast.

[Ali @ May 21st 2008 1:58PM]

bahahaha! :)

[ddr3 @ Jul 26th 2008 8:52PM]

hahha dance dance revolution 3 ddr3

[richrockstar @ May 21st 2008 11:45AM]

Rambus Memory, FTW!

[DBoy @ May 21st 2008 1:55PM]

I can remember paying $500/meg for RAM in 1990...