DriverHeaven.net checked out Crucial Ballistix PC2-8000 memory
It took quite some time for DDR-2 to take a considerable piece of the market, but eventually it did. Although AMD seems unwilling to support it up to today, most Intel based systems seem to require it, especially after the release of the latest chipsets which do not support DDR at all. Companies began releasing faster and faster DDR-2 modules this whole year, and they already reached the extremely fast PC2-8000 modules, which are rated for 500MHz (1000MHz DDR).Crucial Ballistix PC2-8000 Review
Of course not JEDEC approved, but enthusiasts and overclockers do not really care about that, or ever did. Crucial was one of the first companies that released PC2-8000 modules, rated for 1000MHz and 5/5/5/15 timings use.
