Mushkin PC3200 2-2-2 Special: Last of a Legend
by Wesley Fink on April 4, 2004 8:00 PM EST- Posted in
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Performance Comparisons
Performance of the Mushkin PC3200 2-2-2 Special was compared to all of the memory recently tested in:PMI DDR533: A New Name in High-Performance Memory
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Kingmax Hardcore Memory: Tiny BGA Reaches For Top Speed
New Memory Highs: Corsair and OCZ Introduce DDR550
OCZ PC3700 Gold Rev. 2: The Universal Soldier
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
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Memory performance was compared at DDR400, 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. Where the data was available, comparisons were also made at DDR433.
Results are compared for Quake 3, Sandra UNBufferred Memory Test, and Super PI. SiSoft Sandra 2004 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. In other words INT and FLOAT scores were added and divided by 2 for our reported score.
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MIDIman - Thursday, April 8, 2004 - link
Confused about the last chart concerning highest speeds. Anandtech mentions that the Mushkin did extremely well, but its pretty much the lowest of the group on all of the charts.I've been looking at costs via pricewatch, and something in the middle, like Geil's 4000, is looking very attractive when you put cost into the table.
Praeludium - Tuesday, April 6, 2004 - link
The only reason you're going to be paying attention to the 'last chance!' warnings is if you're planning on building a Nostalgia System from the year 2004. Maybe put this special RAM in with that Voodoo 6 that sold on Ebay a few months back, and it'll be a great hodgepodge of anachronisms and sought-after parts!pgx - Tuesday, April 6, 2004 - link
"it is your last chance to buy them", "Mushkin Special is your last opportunity", etc seemed stressed enough(how many times were thoughts like that mentioned?)... i mean if mushkin has a stash of old winbond chips who's to say no one else does? this review just gave me a weird vibe. sure the performance is great but the cost is really high and with ddr2 right around the corner who knows what is going to happen.retrospooty - Monday, April 5, 2004 - link
IF Twinmos is getting out of the DRAM business, why did they just release a bunch of new DDR2 chips including DDR2 667 ?They stopped the bh-5's because it was expensive as hell to produce, not enough profit margin.
TrogdorJW - Monday, April 5, 2004 - link
I think you showed a performance comparison once using 5:4 ratio for overclocking, and the performance was actually quite high. Can you do a roundup at some point showing highest overclocks using 1:1 *or* 5:4 - basically show a breakdown of how the two options end up performing with a variety of memory? Also, is that sort of overclocking (5:4 ratio) an option with Athlon 64 systems at all? Is it even beneficial in the Athlon 64 world? I'm guessing no, but would like your input on the matter.KristopherKubicki - Monday, April 5, 2004 - link
Winbond is getting out of DRAM. There will be no more BH5s all though there are some reservesof them here and there. Mushkin had one of the larger reserves if i remember.Kristopher
Pumpkinierre - Monday, April 5, 2004 - link
I thought they were producing BH5s again.Wesley Fink - Sunday, April 4, 2004 - link
#1 -I haven't a clue how it happened, but the chart is now fixed. The extra line is removed.
l3ored - Sunday, April 4, 2004 - link
i think your numbers are screwed up for the 2-2-2 special overclocking, you have 400ddr speeds at 2-3-3-6 or something and 500 ddr at 2-2-2-5an unrelated question: why did they discontinue the bh-5 and 6 chips?