DDR newbie question

[slvrcvc]

This my first time posting here so pls excuse my ignorance,

I was wondering if a DDR graphics card (GF2 Ti) would work on a regular Mobo (Iwill KK266+)

and if 256MB DDR RAM Mushkin would work on the same Mobo.

OR would I have to use a DDR mobo ?? (EPoX 8KHA + KT266A Retail DDR)

your answers and/or comments and advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for explaining this to me cause I'm trying to decide what components I would buy for a nice gaming system. :)

[o770]

i dont know if the iwill kk266+ has the support for ddr memory but the answer is: yes, you need the motherboard to support ddr. you need the chipset to support the memory. the chipset the mobos is based on is what will demands the kind of memories to be installed in the mb.
about the video card it doesnt matter at all. as long as you dont try to install a pci card in a AGPort, youll be safe using any kind of video memory with your motherboard.

[Violator]

Welcome to the forums.

A DDR graphics card will work just fine in either a DDR or SDRAM mobo, it makes no difference whatsoever to the card.

The same does not apply to the memory, you must use the correct type for the mobo. A couple do support both SDRAM and DDR if I recall, but you cannot use both at the same time. The slots are different sizes for the 2 types and they both use different voltages to run.

[slvrcvc]

wow thanks for the advice guys :)

[DaedalusX]

*as long as you don't try to stick a PCI card in an AGP slot* <= haha, got a funny picture of that happening to someone.

Anyway.. everyone is right so far (not that I am the supreme judge of all, just to my knowledge everyone is) for a bit more detail:

DDR SDRAM is 184pin 2.5v RAM, Double Data Rate means that is clocks twice per cycel (on both the rising and falling edges of the clock) so you need a chipset with a clock cycle that can do that.
Wheras standard PC-1xx is 168pin, known as SDR (Single Data Rate) and uses a different voltage.

Also if you plan on going to a DDR motherboard make sure you have a PSU that works with it because most everything uses different voltages.

Video memory that you speak of on a card is different because video cards are almost like their own PC. They have a GPU, RAM, a chipset, and a BIOS. So for getting a card with DDR Ram you don't need to worry about anything else, support is built on to the card itself and all you need is the slot to stick it in.

anyway enough rambling from me. have fun getting a new card if that's your plan