It wasnt a criticism, I was just wondering. DDR3@800mhz is slower than ddr2@800mhz because of amongst other things more aggressive timing available. Because of ddr1 having yet again tighter timings, given the right conditions fast ddr1 is a better match than simply chasing clock rate, especially when memory bus isnt saturated. I dont know the design of the cyclone core, but Id have imagined a 68k cpu might be one of those situations.