Updated Benchmarks - Corsair, Gigaram, OCZ
With the update of the Memory Test Bench to the NVIDIA 7800 GTX and newer platform/video drivers, results from our previous benchmarks of 2GB kits in 1GB DIMMs: FAST 2GB DDR Kits from Corsair, Gigaram, and OCZ were not directly comparable. All benchmarks were rerun on these three memories so results could be directly compared to the six new 2GB kits.
Corsair TWINX2048-3500LLPRO (DDR433)
Gigaram 2GB Dual Channel PC-4200 (DDR533)
OCZ PC4000 2x1024MB EB Platinum (DDR500)
With the update of the Memory Test Bench to the NVIDIA 7800 GTX and newer platform/video drivers, results from our previous benchmarks of 2GB kits in 1GB DIMMs: FAST 2GB DDR Kits from Corsair, Gigaram, and OCZ were not directly comparable. All benchmarks were rerun on these three memories so results could be directly compared to the six new 2GB kits.
Corsair TWINX2048-3500LLPRO (DDR433)
Corsair TWINX2048-3500LLPRO (DDR433) - 2x1GB Double-Bank | |||||||
CPU Ratio at 2.4GHz | Memory Speed |
Memory Timings & Voltage |
Quake3 fps |
Sandra UNBuffered | Sandra Standard Buffered |
Super PI 2M places (time in sec) |
Wolfenstein - Radar - Enemy Territory fps |
12x200 | 400DDR | 2-3-2-7 2.5V 1T |
536.3 | INT 2540 FLT 2687 |
INT 6103 FLT 6036 |
82 | 117.8 |
11x218 | 436DDR | 2-3-2-7 2.6V 1T |
545.1 | INT 2704 FLT 2861 |
INT 6433 FLT 6363 |
82 | 118.5 |
10x240 | 480DDR | 2.5-3-2-7 2.7V 1T |
551.7 | INT 2862 FLT 3007 |
INT 6698 FLT 6614 |
81 | 119.5 |
10x246 (2.46GHz) |
Highest Mem Speed DDR 492 |
2.5-3-2-7 2.7V 1T |
563.8 | INT 2928 FLT 3110 |
INT 6832 FLT 6813 |
80 | 122.6 |
Gigaram 2GB Dual Channel PC-4200 (DDR533)
Gigaram 2GB Dual Channel PC-4200 (DDR533) - 2x512Mb Double-Bank | |||||||
CPU Ratio at 2.4GHz | Memory Speed |
Memory Timings & Voltage |
Quake3 fps |
Sandra UNBuffered | Sandra Standard Buffered |
Super PI 2M places (time in sec) |
Wolfenstein - Radar - Enemy Territory fps |
12x200 | 400DDR | 2-3-2-7 2.5V 1T |
537.9 | INT 2536 FLT 2687 |
INT 6072 FLT 6028 |
82 | 117.4 |
11x218 | 436DDR | 2.5-3-2-7 2.7V 1T |
544.3 | INT 2685 FLT 2822 |
INT 6424 FLT 6362 |
82 | 118.4 |
10x240 | 480DDR | 2.5-3-2-7 2.8V 1T |
550.7 | INT 2796 FLT 2895 |
INT 6703 FLT 6628 |
81 | 119.8 |
9x267 | 533DDR | 3-3-3-7 2.9VV 1T |
549.8 | INT 3012 FLT 3237 |
INT 6964 FLT 6890 |
80 | 120.5 |
9x278 (2.45GHz) |
Highest Mem Speed DDR 556 |
3-4-3-7 3.0V 1T |
562.3 | INT 3154 FLT 3346 |
INT 7216 FLT 7163 |
77 | 121.9 |
OCZ PC4000 2x1024MB EB Platinum (DDR500)
OCZ PC4000 2x1024MB EB Platinum (DDR500) - 2x512Mb Double-Bank | |||||||
CPU Ratio at 2.4GHz | Memory Speed |
Memory Timings & Voltage |
Quake3 fps |
Sandra UNBuffered | Sandra Standard Buffered |
Super PI 2M places (time in sec) |
Wolfenstein - Radar - Enemy Territory fps |
12x200 | 400DDR | 2-3-2-7 2.5V 1T |
536.6 | INT 2643 FLT 2698 |
INT 6089 FLT 6020 |
82 | 117.5 |
11x218 | 436DDR | 2-3-2-7 2.7V 1T |
545.8 | INT 2709 FLT 2846 |
INT 6409 FLT 6389 |
82 | 118.5 |
10x240 | 480DDR | 2.5-3-2-7 2.6V 1T |
553.6 | INT 2848 FLT 2967 |
INT 6705 FLT 6631 |
81 | 120.0 |
9x267 | 533DDR | 2.5-3-2-7 2.7V 1T |
553.4 | INT 3075 FLT 3150 |
INT 6985 FLT 6900 |
80 | 121.0 |
9x275 (2.48GHz) |
Highest Mem Speed DDR 550 |
3-3-2-7 2.7V 1T |
574.2 | INT 3207 FLT 3362 |
INT 7199 FLT 7043 |
76 | 124.5 |
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DonPMitchell - Monday, March 6, 2006 - link
I'm surprised there was no discussion of single-rank vs. dual-rank memory. For the Athlon, that's a big issue, becuase its memory controller may down-clock beyond 4 ranks of memory.nyogen - Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - link
I remember when Nvidia released their 6xxx series there was an all out boycott of paper launches.OCZ and Mushkin released not very long ago their 2GB dual channel high end kits namely:
http://www.mushkin.com/doc/products/memory_detail....">http://www.mushkin.com/doc/products/memory_detail....
http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/memory/ocz_e...">http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/memory/ocz_e...
Apart from these parts not having been available, the new batch that carries only the name given by reviews are flagged by poor performance, different IC's from the original batch, and lots of glitches.
I am sure Corsair and all the other manufacturers are doing the same, paper launch, hard launch cherry picked and then selling out to unsuspecting customers a COMPLETELY different product, backed by reputable reviews.
Don't you feel like they have been using you and used your reputation and popularity in order to commit something very close to fraud ???
If you encourage us to buy these products then you have the responsability to follow up on the products life and batches so that once they try to do this again you will be there to sanction this and PROTECT US. Otherwise your reviews become fairy tales and the only ones that have the reviewed products are you and a couple of people in the world.
GO FOR THEM ! END THIS UNFAIR PRACTICE !
Overlag - Monday, February 6, 2006 - link
Crucial have infact stopped making there 1gig DDRI sticks due to the massive fail rate on there high end products.i have had 6x 512mb failures and 4x 1gig failures. While there customer services is the best of ANY online company ive dealt with, there high end products are really bad quality now.... the ram overheats, then after a few months wont run at 1t, then it starts making noises while you access it, before finaly degrading over a month from 2-2-2-6 settings down to 3-4-4-10 untill failing totaly.
This includes chips (my latest two) which ive been using at 2.7volts ONLY, and with active cooling, yet they are still hotter than my X2 4400 at 4800 speeds...Last week they run fine at 2-2-2-7 1t, now they are at 3-3-3-8 2t :(
... Why there high end products have problems i dont know, there normal or value ram runs fine for YEARS and YEARS.
Very disapointed with it all apart from the customer services. However even that has started to disapoint me, as they refused to RMA/refund me for my 2x 512mb pair...
leexgx - Monday, February 6, 2006 - link
i had no problems getting my ram RMAed and replaced (2 days ago 2 day turn around UK) never had something replaced so fast before :)you can still buy it from here (UK tho)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Crucial_Dua...">http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Crucial_Dua...
on an other note it is an consern to me as well i have never used ram that can heat my room (needs active cooling) like others have posted it does run hot if not cooled i cant seem to get to 2-2-2-7 T1 my asus a8n-sli prem does an anoying thing by auto setting it to 4 5 5 12 {fail safe maybe?}(when i open A64 tweeker as it shows the info) then the nvidia Sound or nvidia video tray Icon crashs the system with an nice BSOD, (works fine tho at 3-3-3-7 T1 @ ddr500 2.7v or ddr speed lower but just run it at ddr400 ish now)
an but realy any way good OCZ or just standered TwinMoss ram is realy real world 2-4% performance dif (Amd64 On chip ram contorler removes the bottle neck that was on the Older k7 chips i go for lower timeings over more bandwith)
realy should have an look at DFI streets Forums on the matter of ddr1 Ocing (AMD overclocking) http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f...">http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f...
(other note i think my ram was partly dead when i got it just put up with it untill me pc did not boot any more )
Overlag - Thursday, February 9, 2006 - link
i wouldnt want to buy ballistix ever again... Once this set finaly gives up the ghost i will ask for a full refund and get some real memory.XeCutor - Thursday, February 2, 2006 - link
My first pair failed memtest at 250mhz, seemed stable at 247mhz. My second pair does 250mhz but not much more. Fails at 255mhz. All this is on a DFI Expert board with an opteron 165 3-4-4-8 1T timings at 2,6-2,8v. Voltage doesn't seem to matter att all to these sticks, they fail at the same speeds regardless for me.bupkus - Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - link
I went for the Twinx2048-3200c2pt because of the lower timings and $197 AMIR price. I haven't researched this much lately, but I recall PC3200 with tight timings getting the nod from the enthusiast community for the Athlon 64.The TWINX2048-4000PT that I faced it off to lists timings of 3-4-4-8 which I thought wasn't preferable to the tighter timings especially with a price of $233.
The OCZ4002048ELDCPE-K is going for the same price of about $200 but the OCZ5001024EBPE only appears on newegg as a single 1GB module for $153.44 + $4.81 shipping.
That's too rich for my blood.
I guess the question for me would be which is the best for $200 +- $20?
Visual - Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - link
Besides the TWINX kit, corsair offers single 1GB modules too - again marked as 4000PTThe price for the kits for some reason seems higher than two separate modules.
So my question is, are the separate modules the same thing as what's in the kits? Why don't you mention them at all, and either recommend them for better value over the overpriced kits, or, if they dont perform as well, warn users about them?
Googer - Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - link
I would have liked to have seen four 512MB modules shown in the graphs as a refrence of how much or how little there is to gain by using these pairs of 1GB modules. By doing this I could form a cost/benefit analasys.bersl2 - Monday, January 23, 2006 - link
I'm going to wait to see if the price on DDR1 falls again before AMD goes DDR2. If it does, I'll get 2 x 1GiB to replace the 4 x 512MiB I bought over a year ago, but haven't been able to use until just now.