I Made the purchase knowing it was a side-grade, but i knew it was the end of the road for the 1gb ballistix ive been using (and diligantly RMA'ing every few months) as the last set were shockingly bad, the prices on crucials site went up 50% over a few weeks and now they arent even listed...

I shall miss the old VIA chipsets tho.. not the fastest, but i have used them since the days of the thunderbird and if you had any problems with an addon card you just install the v-latency patch and it went away