New Memory Highs: Corsair and OCZ Introduce DDR550

Name: New Memory Highs: Corsair and OCZ Introduce DDR550
Item: New Memory Highs: Corsair and OCZ Introduce DDR550
Author: Wesley Fink

by Wesley Fink on February 19, 2004 6:03 PM EST

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Performance of the Corsair and OCZ DDR550 was compared to all of the memory recently tested in:

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 Searching for the Memory Holy Grail - Part 2

Memory performance was compared at DDR400, DDR500 and the highest stable overclock we could achieve that 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 DDR533 and DDR550 - the rated performance of PC4400 memory.

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: Corsair XMS4400 & OCZ PC4400 DDR400 Results

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retrospooty - Thursday, February 19, 2004 - link
Nice results at 5:4 vs 1:1 ... See, I told you so, after reading one of your older Ram articles from a few months back... 5:4 2-2-2 beats 1:1 2.5-4-4-8 anyday =)

I'm glad you tested it !
kamper - Thursday, February 19, 2004 - link
holy tiny target market, batman!

how many people require memory to run at 275fsb default?
Pumpkinierre - Thursday, February 19, 2004 - link
Very good memory article once again Wesley. I dont know where this 'low latency memory doesnt make any difference' argument started but from my observations, it is false. OCZ usually test on an ABIT IC7 so I wonder why it did't make the grade on the DDR550?

Any hints as to when DDR500@ 2-2-2-5 is going to become reality. It seems like the old BH5s are still the lowest latency mem. chips and they've been around for a year now. 1:1 at low latencies and PAT aggressive is the way to go. That's why I run my 2.6c at 2.8 even though it goes stable to 3.3 but then I got to run the mem. at 5:4 (no PAT) and performance improvement is barely noticeable.