OCZ 4200EL: Tops in Memory Performance
by Wesley Fink on October 13, 2003 9:33 PM EST- Posted in
- Memory
Performance Test Configuration
The Memory testbed for evaluating the OCZ 4200EL is the same used in our earlier reviews of DDR500 and other High-Speed Memory.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
All test conditions were as close as possible to those in our earlier memory reviews.
| INTEL 875P Performance Test Configuration | |
| Processor(s): | Intel Pentium 4 2.4GHz (800MHz FSB) |
| RAM: | 2 x 512MB OCZ 4200EL(DS) 2 x 512MB Mushkin PC4000 High Performance (DS) 2 x 512MB Corsair TwinX4000 PRO (DS) 2 x 512MB Mushkin Level II PC3500 (DS) 2 x 256MB Adata DDR450 (SS) 2 x 512MB Adata PC4000 (DS) 2 x 512MB Corsair PC4000 (DS) 2 x 512MB Geil PC4000 (DS) 4 x 256MB Kingston PC4000 (SS) 2 x 256MB Kingston PC4000 (SS) 2 x 512MB OCZ PC4000 (DS) 4 x 256MB OCZ PC3700 GOLD (DS) |
| Hard Drives | 2 Western Digital Raptor Serial ATA 36.7GB 10,000 rpm drives in an Intel ICH5R RAID configuration |
| PCI/AGP Speed | Fixed at 33/66 |
| Bus Master Drivers: | 875P Intel INF Update v5.00.1012, SATA RAID drivers installed, but IAA not installed |
| Video Card(s): | ATI 9800 PRO 128MB, 128MB aperture, 1024x768x32 |
| Video Drivers: | ATI Catalyst 3.7 |
| Power Supply: | Vantec Stealth 470Watt Aluminum |
| Operating System(s): | Windows XP Professional SP1 |
| Motherboards: | Asus P4C800-E (875) with 1011 Release BIOS |
OCZ targets their 4200EL at the Intel 875/865 enthusiast. Since 4200EL is not targeted at Athlon, performance on an Athlon64 or nForce2 Ultra 400 was not tested.
Test Settings
The following settings were tested with OCZ 4200EL:- 800FSB/DDR400 — the highest stock speed supported on 875/865 motherboards.
- 1000FSB/DDR500 — the specified rating of the majority of recent memory modules that we have tested.
- 1066FSB/DDR533 — the specified rating of OCZ 4200EL.
- Highest Stable Overclock — the highest settings that we could achieve with this memory and other memory that we have tested.
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Anonymous User - Tuesday, October 14, 2003 - link
#24What do you expect? Companies push overclocked memory as something "new"? When in fact each module gets pushed up with voltage to get the specs they are saying. It's a joke to sell the same speced DDR400 modules as something else. I'm just suprised Samsung allows remarking of falsely advertised products. To say you are getting true DDR533 is the biggest joke. Considering they are OVERCLOCKING a product and selling it as something else.
Couldn't you say that they are remarking chips and selling them at a faster mark? I wonder if you could get away with sueing a company based on false advertising a product
Anonymous User - Tuesday, October 14, 2003 - link
21 is right. These RAM reviews are presented simply with the pointless synth benches and there is no analysis or interpretation. Since the vast majority of people simply don't know any better, they see "fastest" and assume their system will be boosted into the stratosphere. As anyone who actually bothers to test these modules properly knows, that is false.Anonymous User - Tuesday, October 14, 2003 - link
http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/memory/OCZ+E...Voltage is listed at 2.8V, this is board specific, some boards will run at DDR533 at 2.7V or less.2.8v is stated for compatiblity.
The ram will be available from today from http://www.atacom.com they will show stock as soon as it arrives.
oczguy2
Anonymous User - Tuesday, October 14, 2003 - link
#21, your comments are foolish at best when it's a fact that there are PLENTY of people that buy 875P boards. Christ, get a clue.Anonymous User - Tuesday, October 14, 2003 - link
"For the most part the 865PE comes within 2 - 5% of the performance of the 875P, which makes the 875P a tough sell. For the majority of users, we would strongly recommend the 865PE because of the significant cost savings. If you're the type of user that must have the fastest thing on the block and will not rest without the knowledge that you do in fact have the fastest thing on the block, then the 875P is for you, but for everyone else, the 865PE is more than sufficient."http://www.anandtech.com/chipsets/showdoc.html?i=1...
Why doesn't Anand just do all the reviews? :-( The above clip is exactly what these memory articles need-sanity and perspective.
Anonymous User - Tuesday, October 14, 2003 - link
"You are correct that it makes no difference at all if you only run Microsoft Word and surf the web with dial-up."Ironic statement, since Quake 3 is less system intensive these days than Word.
Wesley Fink - Tuesday, October 14, 2003 - link
OCZ will have the full info up in about an hour according to the email I just got. OCZ will post a link in these comments as soon as the page is up.Anonymous User - Tuesday, October 14, 2003 - link
#16 just because your broke doesn't mean all of us are....for me it will be awesome I run an a64 on a prommie and run at high 1:1 speeds this stuff will allow me to get to 560mhz fsb easy with my cooling which to me and many other overclockers is absolutely awesome....just because you can't afford good components doesn't mean we're all broke. And why does it matter what wes said he showed the performance increase in the benchmarks if you don't think it's worth the money then don't buy it....Anonymous User - Tuesday, October 14, 2003 - link
wes is this the memory your reviewing....http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/memory/OCZ+D... really appreciate an answer because I'm looking for the stuff you reviewed with the 2.5-4-4-7 timings and can't find it....
Anonymous User - Tuesday, October 14, 2003 - link
Come on man, you're smarter than that. People buying this stuff aren't programmers or content creators, they are gamers. So if you can prove that this RAM offers more that a few % advantage, then it would be nice if you did it. Simply saying that it does carries little weight. So it's the highest 1:1. So what? Does turning a dirt country lane into a superhighway let more cars through if there wasn't any traffic to begin with? This stuff will likely cost over $400 for 1GB. So I'd like to think it offers more than a dent in the wallet.