FAST 2GB DDR Kits - Part 2

by Wesley Fink on January 23, 2006 12:05 AM EST
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)

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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  • JarredWalton - Monday, January 23, 2006 - link

    I don't anticipate DDR1 prices changing much, and once AM2 comes out I expect prices to start climbing as DDR1 productions halts. DDR1 prices seem to have hit bottom about 6 months ago, and they're already starting to rise - at least on the budget parts.
  • Thor86 - Monday, January 23, 2006 - link

    Did I miss this in the review? If not, it would help if you told us what memory settings used in the DFI bios for these sticks reviewed.
  • Wesley Fink - Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - link

    I used the 7/06 BIOS, which is basically the Bigtoe BIOS. I have found this BIOS to be remarkably compatible with a wide range of memory. All memory settings were left at default except the 4 reported memory timings (CAS to TRAS) and memory voltage in testing all the memory. We did not do any special tweaking, which is another reason we reran tests with the 3 2GB kits tested earlier. You can definitely achieve better bandwidth and higher scores than we did by tweaking memory in the DFI BIOS.
  • keldog7 - Monday, January 23, 2006 - link

    I was surprised to find your review stating the Corsair 3500LL could only reach 492 MHz...especially when out of the box, I clocked mine to 500 MHz. This required no special tweaking of the other timings, other than what's listed below. Any careful research on this memory, using the many online reviews of it, show that the RAM runs fine (at slightly relaxed timings), well into 500Mhz territory, and beyond.
    In my case, I've got it on an A8N32SLI, at 2.7V, running 2.5-3-2-7 1T with a 1:1 divider at 250Mhz. In my case, this has been verfied to be Memtest86+ stable for at least 12 hours (last run was 90 hours...then I had to stop it to actually get some work done!)
    I wonder if the motherboard used in your review has biased your overclocking results?
  • Wesley Fink - Monday, January 23, 2006 - link

    According to my review notes, the Corsair 3500LL Pro cloked to almost 260 (DDR520) on Super Pi and Sandra memory tests, but the highest we could do with stability on 3D tests was 246 (DDR492). There is always varaition in memory results.

    Since you criticize my results as being too low for your memory and another reader criticized my results as being too high for his memory, it is likely my results are typical of the range of results readers might achieve. Some will do better than my results and some will do worse. Overclocking results do vary among memory samples.
  • wildstaroct - Monday, January 23, 2006 - link

    Unless Anandtech got really good batches of Infineon ICs, I don't buy the analysis. There have been numerous reports of 3D instability issues...I've experienced them myself with the Redlines. They are primex2 and memtest stable at fairly high speeds (270) but only 3D stable near spec (250ish).
  • entrecote - Friday, January 27, 2006 - link

    Neither do i buy it.

    I invested in a pair of the mentioned 2GB Mushkin Redline PC4000 memory. I´ve stubbornly been trying to tweak them on my DFI Lanparty + X2 Toledo processor for two months. This Redline kit of mine refuses to surpass 252MHz / DDR504. One module does 256MHz / DDR512, the other one does 252MHz / DDR504 regardless of timings. Trust me, I´ve tried all combinations of different drive strenghts, Trefs and so on. My case is not isolated, I have the same symptoms as the perhaps majority of 2x1GB Redline owners, "3D instability".

    My thoughts on the matter is that Mushkin was aware of this bad batch of theirs, possibly due to quality fluctuations of infineon modules. Then they quickly began to separate a few review samples for marketing puposes. I went through the same dissapointment one year ago when buying PC3200 Ballistixs after quickly reading through among other reviews anadtechs infamous "Ballistix cherry pick" DDR roundup.

    I put great trust in anandtech, please do me a favor in the future to only review retail samples of memory. Some of these mentioned brands purposefully send special samples to rewievers.





  • Wesley Fink - Monday, January 23, 2006 - link

    We reported what we found, and 3D tests are part of our benchmarking. The OCZ for example was Super Pi and memtest stable to 290, but 3D dropped the stability to 275 (DDR550) which we reported. The Redline went well over 300 on memtest and Super Pi, but 293 (DDR586) was our highest 3D stable.

    What memory controller revision are you using with the Infineons? Our tests are with a Rev. E, and we have seen lower performance on the older clawhammer memory controllers with the 1GB dimms.
  • wildstaroct - Monday, January 23, 2006 - link

    I have a rev E6 Opteron 170. Perhaps I just got an unlucky set of sticks, but the forums are loaded w/ people with similar issues, particularly around 3D.
  • Duonger - Monday, January 23, 2006 - link

    the mushkin parts have been back in stock for over a week now and is available (if not sold out already) on Newegg and on Mushkin`s Site.

    Wes- the ocz parts u compared. those are 2x512mb kits. why did u include it on this 2gig round up?

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