OCZ 3700 GOLD: Building High-Performance Memory
by Wesley Fink on August 7, 2003 8:34 PM EST- Posted in
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Pre-Laser Performance
Serial Presence Detect (SPD) timings for the unbinned, unlasered DIMMs were at the common settings that we see for Samsung DDR400, namely 3-8-3-3. To get a better idea of the performance capabilities that could be compared to a finished product, we tested maximum speed at SPD as well as maximum speed at the OCZ 3700 GOLD SPD ratings. We also tested for SPD minimum voltage at DDR466 to try to determine what impact, if any, the lasering and binning process had in comparison to the retail performance of OCZ 3700 Gold.| OCZ Raw Samsung DS Performance Intel 875 Chipset, Dual-Channel, Maximum Overclock |
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| DDR Memory Speed | Memory Timings | Memory Voltage (vDIMM) |
UNBuffered Sandra 2003 Memory Test (MB/Second) |
| 466 | Maximum SPD 3-8-4-4 |
2.7V | 2894 INT 2916 FLT |
| 466 | 2.5-7-3-3 | 2.8V | 3042 INT 3084 FLT |
| 476 | 3-8-4-4 | 2.8V | 2864 INT 2992 FLT |
The Revision E chips appear to perform better than the earlier Revision D. Compare the Revision D chips’ maximum speed of DDR460 at 3-8-4-4, memory voltage of 2.8V, to what we are now reaching: DDR476 with Revision E. Perhaps more significantly, at 2.5-7-3-3 timings, we increase to DDR466 (at 2.8V) compared to the DDR450 maximum speed at these same timings with Revision D chips.
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Anonymous User - Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - link
#63, you clearly don't read AT's reviews very closely. Take a look at AT's recent KT600 reviews and you'll see that they continually suggeset purchasing nForce2 U400 motherboards instead. They don't go all out and bash the KT600 motherboard because there IS NO REASON TO. KT600 boards are SLIGHTLY slower, SLIGHTLY poorer overclockers, and come with the same features for a lower price. Sure, enthusiasts will always go with nForce2 U400, but that doesn't make KT600 motherboards terrible, and therefore deserving of a bad review.Yikes, get a clue.
Anonymous User - Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - link
Well, Mushkin is here and pleaes post your questions....Let me know what you need and we will try to assist.You can also post your questions at
http://forums.mushkin.com/phpbb2/
Duonger
Anonymous User - Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - link
Well, Mushkin is here and pleaes post your questions....Let me know what you need and we will try to assist.You can also post your questions at
http://forums.mushkin.com/phpbb2/
Duonger
Anonymous User - Monday, August 18, 2003 - link
What it all boils down to isn't how the memory is made, it is the quality of product.OCZ has a quality product. One OCZ rep in particular, Sean Sinah, has stayed up until 3 AM to personally answer my question. Let's see Corsair or Mushkin do that.
I personally believe that Mushkin, Corsair and OCZ all make good product. Beyond product, OCZ has the customer service.
Anonymous User - Sunday, August 17, 2003 - link
to post #63, so your saying AT can't review anything to do with an Intel or AMD CPU since I see AMD and Intel advertised here, which means they can't use it in any reviews at all, gee you sure are a smart one.Anonymous User - Saturday, August 16, 2003 - link
It doesn't take a genius to search the sites of AT and see that the advertisers products that do get reviewed never get bad ratings. Why is this? Or better yet, why review an advertisers product? Don't you think people won't think something is fishy behind that?Anonymous User - Thursday, August 14, 2003 - link
To clarify that last post, all OCZ advertisements on the website are co-brand advertisements, meaning they do not come from OCZ. For example, the ATACOM banner with OCZ on it is ATACOM promoting their OCZ products.Anonymous User - Thursday, August 14, 2003 - link
#49We do not get paid by OCZ nor will we anytime soon. Unlike other hardware sites (whom OCZ can probably vouche for), we just dont do those kinds of things
Anonymous User - Thursday, August 14, 2003 - link
#49We do not get paid by OCZ nor will we anytime soon. Unlike other hardware sites (whom OCZ can probably vouche for), we just dont do those kinds of things
Anonymous User - Tuesday, August 12, 2003 - link
56, WHO CARES?!!!! Does it run good? Buy it, use it, and be happy for crying our loud! I've never seen so many whiners in all my life...is this what AT is reduced to? :(