OCZ 3700 Gold Rev. 3: DDR500 Value for Athlon 64 & Intel 478
by Wesley Fink on September 22, 2004 12:05 AM EST- Posted in
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Intel Test Results: OCZ PC3700 Gold Rev. 3
To be considered stable for test purposes, Quake3 benchmark, UT2003 Demo, Super PI, Aquamark 3, and Comanche 4 had to complete without incident. Any of these, and in particular Super PI, will crash a less than stable memory configuration. We have also included results for RCW-ET using the Radar benchmark.| OCZ 3700 Gold Rev. 3 (DDR466) - 2 x 512Mb Double-Bank | ||||||
| Speed | Memory Timings & Voltage |
Quake3 fps |
Sandra UNBuffered | Sandra Standard Buffered |
Super PI 2M places (time in sec) |
Wolfenstein - Radar - Enemy Territory fps |
| 400DDR 800FSB |
2-3-3-5 2.5V |
329.7 | INT 2744 FLT 2760 |
INT 4442 FLT 4443 |
132 | 70.4 |
| 433DDR 866FSB |
2-3-3-5 2.65V |
357.5 | INT 3082 FLT 2985 |
INT 4833 FLT 4838 |
122 | 76.5 |
| 466DDR 933FSB |
2.5-3-3-6 2.75V |
382.6 | INT 3213 FLT 3212 |
INT 5196 FLT 5190 |
114 | 81.5 |
| 500DDR 1000FSB |
2.5-3-3-6 2.75V |
406.3 | INT 3376 FLT 3358 |
INT 5562 FLT 5572 |
106 | 87.4 |
| 533DDR 1066FSB |
3-3-4-6 2.75V |
425.2 | INT 3521 FLT 3456 |
INT 5924 FLT 5950 |
100 | 92.1 |
| 538DDR 1122FSB |
3-3-4-8 2.85V |
425.8 | INT 3712 FLT 3500 |
INT 5941 FLT 5922 |
99 | 92.6 |
OCZ 3700 Gold Rev. 3 is a bit slower at DDR400 than the top-performing 2-2-2 DIMMs based on Samsung and Micron chips. However, performance at DDR400 is still reasonably competitive with 2-2-2 timings. In the range from 450 to 533, the 3700 Gold R3/4000 Gold R2 are very competitive, performing as well as the top DIMMs that we have tested in that memory speed range.
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Rags - Thursday, September 30, 2004 - link
I was debating between this and the Crucial Ballistix 3200 for my new machine. Which you guys think I should go with? Hope the October high end buyer's guide comes out soon...KrazyDawg - Sunday, September 26, 2004 - link
Can someone recommend me a cheap pair of 1GB RAM capable of running at 250? The charts on here aren't clear as to exactly what module I should purchase. If I were to cross reference it with newegg, you would see different names and prices and that doesn't help me. The deal time search engine on here only shows some memory prices and they're only for 512MB.Pumpkinierre - Saturday, September 25, 2004 - link
Why does the dual channel a64 have a lower unbuffered Sandra score than the intel when its buffered score is clearly much higher (up to 40% higher). SSE2 implementation on K8 was supposed to be not all that good from early reviews, so you'd expect a worse buffered result. Maybe the real world meaning of these tests should be revisited for the different cpus.Anemone - Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - link
Well the Ballistix 4000 is cheaper so that makes it a "better buy" in terms of price. It certainly clocks fairly high in the tests, and at rather tight timings. The 3700 EB while rated 3700 vs the 4000 seems to clock quite high but at looser timings. I have, maybe just due to people talking about the newer 4000, been reading more high clock success stories (A64's) with the 4000 than I have read about the 3700EB. Maybe OCZ will grace us with 4000EB or 4200EB? Maybe but probably they would have if they could have.Anand will clear us all up soon with some kind of a grand review of memories on the A64 I hope. This article did have that new A64 testbed up and running so there is hope!
Right now a tie between the 4000 cheaper but slightly lower clocks but always seems to clock that well vs the 3700EB which is more expensive and seems to "usually" get a higher possible clock at looser timings than the 4000.
Thus, a tie.
saechaka - Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - link
so which would be the better buy right now for an abit AI7 the crucial ballistix or ocx 3700 eb? thanksOCedHrt - Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - link
Oops! Wow blank post. Anyways, doesn't the Crucial Ballistix already cost less? Crucial sells their 512 PC4000 stick at 144.99.OCedHrt - Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - link
ciwell - Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - link
Wondering the same thing as #2...Can't wait for a "Value" RAM Roundup.
Anemone - Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - link
It has become rather important since am building a system now to see that Athlon 64 memory review you've mentioned was coming :)3700EB is the old standby but it seems that like this 3700, and the Ballistix 4000, there are some memories out lately that do particularly well at 500-550 speeds on the A64's.
As always this article was a very good read and I learned yet another memory of interest.
Now I'd like to see them all layed out and compared so I can refine my choices to go with a nice FX-55 :)
Ty!
mkruer - Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - link
I want to know if its better to get one gig of "cheep" 2.5,3,3,7 DDR400 (2x512) ram vs a smaller (2x256) of high prefromance DDR533 with ram.