OCZ PC3700 Gold Rev. 2: The Universal Soldier

Name: OCZ PC3700 Gold Rev. 2: The Universal Soldier
Item: OCZ PC3700 Gold Rev. 2: The Universal Soldier
Author: Wesley Fink

by Wesley Fink on January 1, 2004 12:08 PM EST

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Performance of the OCZ PC3700 Gold Rev. 2 was compared to all of the memory recently tested in:

OCZ PC3500 Platinum: A Return to the Fastest Timings
OCZ 4200EL: Tops in Memory Performance
Mushkin PC4000 High Performance: DDR500 PLUS
Corsair TwinX1024-4000 PRO: Improving DDR500 Performance
Mushkin & Adata: 2 for the Fast-Timings Lane
Searching for the Memory Holy Grail - Part 2

Memory performance was compared at DDR400, DDR500, and the highest stable overclock that we could achieve, which would run Gun Metal 2 Benchmark 2, Quake 3, UT2003, and Super PI to 2MM places. We also compared performance at DDR433 and DDR466 (the rated speed) where we had comparative data available.

Results are compared for Quake 3, Sandra UNBufferred Memory Test, and Super PI. The SiSoft Sandra reports 2 results for each memory test - an Integer value and a Float value. Results reported in our charts are the result of averaging the INT and FLOAT scores, which are normally close in value. INT and FLOAT scores were added and divided by 2 for our reported score.

Test Results DDR400 Performance Results

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Leo V - Thursday, January 1, 2004 - link
And I just received my 3700 Gold rev2, thanks for a happy New Year :-D
Pumpkinierre - Thursday, January 1, 2004 - link
Thanks again wesley for keeping us up to date on the memory front. It does seem though as if this is more of the same. My 2.6c goes up to 246Mhz on default voltage (1.525V) and scrapes 260 even with a .2V boost. At present I run it at 2.8GHz(216) with 1:1 tight memory settings(OCZ platinum 3200) and agressive PAT. I find this gives me almost the same performance as running at 3.2GHz (246)at mem.5:4 with the same tight memory settings (3dmark03 6200 vs 6300). Graphics board memory is under 3ns and two sticks of fast memory costs as much as a good 256Mb video card.So by now DDR500 CAS 2 DDRAM should be out there and is what i'm waiting for as the first upgrade to my rig.

Also what about 1GBt modules, the i875 has 4 DIMMS and handles up to 4Gb. CORSAIR have been the only ones to announce DDR500 capable 1GBt modules but at CAS3 settings. It would also be good to see how a RAM maxed i875 board performs in particular in the unbuffered tests.

Even though I'm quite happy with your intel based testing, it would be nice to see how the a64s(even the A-XP) and the FX51 fare in your tests particularly with different memory timings. The FX51 beats the P4 in many memory bandwidth tests but I'd like to see if this occurs in the unbuffered Sandra and Memtest-86 tests.