Searching for the Memory Holy Grail - Part 2
by Wesley Fink on August 26, 2003 11:11 PM EST- Posted in
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Performance Test Configuration
| Performance Test Configuration | |
| Processor(s): | Intel Pentium 4 2.4GHz (800MHz FSB) |
| RAM: | 2 x 512 MB Adata PC4000 (DS) 2 x 512 MB Corsair PC4000 (DS) 2 x 512 MB Geil PC4000 (DS) 4 x 256 MB Kingston PC4000 (SS) 2 x 512 MB OCZ PC4000 (DS) 4 x 256 MB OCZ PC3700 GOLD (DS) |
| Hard Drives | Two Western Digital Raptor Serial ATA 36.7GB 10,000RPM drives in an Intel ICH5R RAID 0 configuration |
| PCI/AGP Speed | Fixed at 33/66 |
| Bus Master Drivers: | 875P Intel INF Update v5.00.1012, SATA RAID drivers installed, but IAA not installed |
| Video Card(s): | ATI 9800 PRO 128 MB, 128 MB aperture, 1024x768x32 |
| Video Drivers: | ATI Catalyst 3.6 |
| Operating System(s): | Windows XP Professional SP1 |
| Motherboards: | ASUS P4C800-E (875) with 1.010 Release BIOS |
We asked major memory manufacturers to supply DDR500 or the fastest memory that they had available for comparison in our High-Speed memory roundup. Not all manufacturers had DDR500 memory available, and some chose not to supply memory for our testing. All DDR500 memory was supplied by the Manufacturers to AnandTech for testing except Adata PC4000. Instead, Adata supplied DDR450 memory for our roundup. Although it performed very well in our testing, it did not reach our minimum requirement of DDR500 levels of performance, and thus, we did not believe it was fair to include Adata 450 in a roundup of DDR500. The Adata DDR500, however, was located and the retail product was purchased for the review.
Since OCZ 3700 GOLD was the first memory that we tested at AnandTech to have reached DDR500 performance levels, we also included it in our testing. Because the 3700 GOLD allows faster memory timings at some of our tested speeds, it also gave us an opportunity to see the impact of memory timings on test results.
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Anonymous User - Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - link
#12: You are completely wrong. OCZ IS A PAID ADVERTISER. You should follow your own advice and look more carefully at the sponsored links.Anonymous User - Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - link
it has been going downhill for a longtime. fewer updates,less contentAnonymous User - Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - link
I totally agree with #14. Anandtech is just going down hill. It's funny how even though you say OCZ isn't any sort of advertiser that it's name is plastered all over the site and you always proclaim it better.You are pleasing the people that your advertisers are pimping. Simple economics. Please the folks that are advertising the product because you are giving it such high ratings.
Only blind people can't see what's going on. Business is business. I bet if you gave Corsair the high honor's then these so called Atacom people would be promoting Corsair.
Anonymous User - Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - link
"We asked major memory manufacturers to supply DDR500 or the fastest memory that they had available for comparison in our High-Speed memory roundup."That is rather disappointing. The incentive for manufacturers to cherry-pick modules for review on a site as influential as Anandtech is simply to great to be ignored.
Otherwise, a very nicely done review.
Icewind - Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - link
Meh, my 3700 Corsair is doing plenty well for me. Rather spend the money on a 5900 Ultra that will make more of a difference in my systemKristopherKubicki - Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - link
#11: OCZ is not a paid advertiser. If you pay attention to those links, you'll see its companies like ATACOM, Newegg, and SVC promoting OCZ memory. If you do not feel comfortable with OCZ, then I would suggest not using those merchants.Kristopher
Anonymous User - Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - link
What do you know... Another of their "PAID ADVERTISER" wins out again! This site has become nothing but pimping their fricken advertisers. Who believes the spew that has come from this site lately? Ever since the OBVIOUS BS review of the GeForce FX 5900. This site lost all credibility.Whoa! What do you know... "Sponsored Links (Get Listed)... And look whose down there. OCZ... Blah! This site is nothing about padding the pockets.
Anonymous User - Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - link
^^^ huh?Anyway, great review Wes, you rock!
Anonymous User - Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - link
oh bleh.. all of a sudden i feel... not coolWesley Fink - Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - link
4 chips per side is single-bank memory. It behaves like single-sided.