7 800Mhz RAM Modules Compared
Subject: Memory | November 18, 2005 - 01:14 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Legit Reviews has grabbed 7 different companies 800Mhz DIMMs, and put them all to a test to see who is fastest, the best overclocker, and which has the best price for it's performance. Give it a read.
"Legit Reviews has recently had the opportunity to look over SEVEN PC2-6400 memory kits from some
of the most popular enthusiast brand lines here in North America. Our three memory kits came from
A-DATA, Corsair, Crucial, Kingston, Mushkin, OCZ, and SyncMAX.
Stuff your stocking with silicon
Subject: Memory | November 16, 2005 - 02:14 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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RAM choices are plentiful this year, and I don't just mean the choice of companies. With several ranges of performance, and DDR2 as well, it can be hard to figure out what kind of memory to base your system around. Think Computers can help, with a comparsion of 3 companies offerings, at various speeds and timings.
'Tis the season for you to go and spend your hard earned money on things you most likely don't
need, or the person you are getting it for doesn't need either, but we still do
Memory loves company
Subject: Memory | November 8, 2005 - 12:02 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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I can't say I've heard the name TeamGroup before, but according to InsaneTek, that's because I live in North America. The components they use to make the DIMMs will be familiar to all, and the timing isn't bad at all; 2-2-2-5 at 200MHz. Get the full review at InsaneTek.
"TeamGroup is not well known here in the States, but they do have reputation overseas.
NVIDIA Selects Corsair as its First Certified SLI Ready Memory
Subject: Memory | November 4, 2005 - 09:56 AM | Ryan Shrout
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Fremont, CA (Thursday, November 3, 2005) — Corsair® Memory, Inc., a worldwide leader in high performance memory and cooling products for enthusiasts and overclockers, today announced that it has became the first company in the memory category to receive the NVIDIA® SLI™ Ready certification. Recognized as the performance memory of choice for enthusiasts, Corsair added to the SLI Ready certification program by creating a new memory category to amplify user experience.
Timing is ... not quite everything
Subject: Memory | November 3, 2005 - 06:05 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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The Tech Report sits down with RAM of 2 different timings ...
2-2-2-5 and 2.5-4-4-8, and also ran them at 1T and 2T. Read the review to see what impact the timing of these DIMM's had on system performance.
"THESE DAYS, SEEMINGLY every major memory module manufacturer is producing fancy low-latency
DIMMs. These DIMMs are equipped with tricked-out heat spreaders and come in a variety of different
colors, making them easy to pick out in a crowd.
2 Gigs big, 1T fast
Subject: Memory | October 31, 2005 - 06:38 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Corsair's newest, their TWINX2048-4000PT Platinum Series gets a workout at Think Computers. They are impressed by the timings, and the speeds they could get when manipulating the the timings.
'Hot off the heels of the last Corsair review, we have another Corsair review for you. Corsair has
done it again, they are leading the pack in memory technology advancements, by releasing yet
another quality high performance memory product.
High Speed, Low Latency, Easy Overclocking
Subject: Memory | October 28, 2005 - 07:04 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Having a high FSB isn't the only way for memory to excel. Overclockers Online looks at OCZ's PC4000 2GB EB Platinum Edition. This set of dual channel RAM is set to very low latency right out of the box. Either leave it alone, and enjoy the performance, or find your own overclocked sweet spot with this kit.
"Gone are the days when the best performance is provided by 1GB kits of memory.
OCZ's memory is going for the gold
Subject: Memory | October 26, 2005 - 01:40 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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OCZ's 500Mhz, 2GB dual channel kit, the EL DDR PC-4000 1024MB Gold Edition Dual Channel, performs well straight out of the box, and better once you overclock it. Even better is the lifetime warranty that comes with it. Red & Blackness Mods puts it through the paces, check out the review.
"Todays games have started to require more power and one of the main things is ram. 1Gb or ram is
required these days and 2Gb is almost recommended.
256, 512, 1024 & 2048, what does more RAM do to gaming
Subject: Memory | October 21, 2005 - 06:31 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Legion Hardware runs a series of test benchmarks using differeny amounts of RAM, both single and dual channel. See what the tests say about the effect of gobs 'o RAM on your Frames Per Second and load times.
"Given we now know 1GB of memory is the sweet spot, how much faster is 1GB than 512MB or even
256MB in today's games? There are still a huge amount of gamers out there fragging away with just
512MB of memory.
Which DIMM shines brightest?
Subject: Memory | October 19, 2005 - 11:49 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Legit Reviews has a 3 way overclocking memory kit comparison, between A-DATA, Kingston, and Mushkin. All of the kits are PC2-6400/DDR2 800MHz, but they all have different timings, and different voltages. See which of the 3 you like best.
"The Mushkin eXtreme PC2-6400 modules loaded Windows at 1060MHz on the first try. Although we
later found that 1060MHz was unstable this was an impressive achievement. After RST Pro2 testing
we found that 1042MHz was 100% stable on our 2GB memory kit...
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