Kingston releases "unbelievable" memory modules

MEMORY FIRM Kingston Technology is asking you, the INQUIRER's readers, to believe the unbelievable this morning.

According to a representative of the firm, its HyperX DDR-2 750MHz modules, otherwise known as the PC2-6000, have clocked 866MHz in Kingston laboratories.

The DIMMs (dual inline memory modules) come in densities of up to one gigabyte and are for sale now, said Kingston.

Thomas Marschner, VP of sales and marketing worldwide, said that Kingston chose the best bins and then tested them "for ultimate performance".

They swing along at latency timings of 4-4-4-12-1, said Marschner, and need 1.9 volts to juice them up.

A 256MB DIMM costs £63, a 512MB DIMM £126, and a 1GB DIMM kit of two £199, or £200, if you prefer. A 2GB DIMM costs £211. Value added tax has to be added to these figures, in the United Kingdom that's 17.5 per cent.

Here are the prices in €uros. VAT rates differ across the common community. KHX6000D2/256 - Euro: 93 (+VAT), KHX6000D2K2/512 - Euro: 184 (+VAT), KHX6000D2/512 - Euro: 162 (+VAT), KHX6000D2K2/1G - Euro: 291 (+VAT), KHX6000D2/1G - Euro: 209 (+VAT), KHX6000D2K2/2G - Euro: 309 (+VAT). µ