Searching for the Memory Holy Grail - Part 2
by Wesley Fink on August 26, 2003 11:11 PM EST- Posted in
- Memory
OCZ 3700 Gold
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A few weeks ago, when we first starting talking about a review of high-speed memory, OCZ 3700 Gold was the only memory that we had tested to reach DDR500 performance levels. Within those few short weeks, we find five manufacturers who have produced memory that reaches the DDR500 performance level and beyond. As we reported earlier, OCZ 3700 Gold uses Samsung TCB3 chips, which are lasered to improve heat dissipation/performance, and are labeled with a new OCZ ID and speed rating.
While OCZ 3700 GOLD is now out-performed at the top end by several of the tested DDR500 brands, it competes very well against DDR500 memory. It also uses faster timings than any of the PC4000 modules, which makes it the fastest memory in our DDR400 and DDR500 memory tests. If you have a higher speed Pentium 4 800FSB CPU, like the 2.8C, 3.0C, or 3.2C, then memory with faster memory timings, like 3700 Gold, will likely give you the best performance.
| OCZ 3700 Gold — 2 x 256 MB Double-Bank | |||||
| Speed | Memory Timings & Voltage | Quake3 fps |
Sandra UNBuffered | Sandra Standard Buffered | Super PI 2M places (time in sec) |
| 400DDR 800FSB |
2-2-3-6 2.55V |
328.07 | INT 2840 FLT 2852 |
INT 4821 FLT 4789 |
130 |
| 500DDR 1000FSB |
2.5-3-3-7 2.75V |
406.27 | INT 3396 FLT 3369 |
INT 5891 FLT 5943 |
105 |
| 528DDR 1056FSB |
2.5-3-4-7 2.85V |
420.4 | INT 3467 FLT 3518 |
INT 6297 FLT 6317 |
100 |
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Anonymous User - Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - link
Okay... So I have the kingston ram, and I pulled it out to take a look at it... it has 4 chips on each side.. does that make it double sided or does that mean it's a single sided like the one in this article?Wesley Fink - Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - link
#2 -As I said in the review "You will have to decide if the increases in performance from using faster memory are worth the cost of that speedier memory. For some, these increases will matter a great deal, while for others, they will not be worth the cost."
Anonymous User - Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - link
OCZ Rocks :-DAnonymous User - Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - link
#1, get a life, no one likes a blind haters. OCZ has proven themselves, I'm sorry your you feel your geek life has been threatened.Anyway, great review as always Wesley. Keep up the excellent work. :)
AgaBooga - Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - link
I am currently reading the first page and I saw "Quake3 Demo FOUR.dm_66" and since I was first browsing it before reading it, I think it said "Quake FOUR!" But then, I went back since I was scrolling down quickly only to see it was Quack ;) 3, hehe.Anonymous User - Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - link
You have got to be kidding me. You're going to suggest that 6fps(at most) in UT2003 is worth spending double the price on RAM?Anonymous User - Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - link
Well I'm not going to bother reading the article, but I'll take a wild guess and say OCZ was declared the winner.