DDR2 Roundup: Reaching for 667 and Beyond
by Wesley Fink on July 8, 2004 12:09 AM EST- Posted in
- Memory
DDR2 686 Performance
Every DDR2 in the roundup not only passed DDR2 667, but also reached the highest speed that we could currently support in our 925X roundup. Every memory reached 686 and it is clear that almost every DDR2 memory we tested has additional headroom.
The frustration with such great memory performance across the board is that we have no idea how fast current DDR2 really is. Does Corsair 667 reach much higher than 667? Do our leading Micron chips start separating into different performance clusters as we reach well above 686 speed? These are all questions that will need to wait until our memory test bed can reach speeds that will provide answers to them.
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Wesley Fink - Thursday, July 8, 2004 - link
#9 - Actually the first number was copied incorrectly and has now been fixed. The tRas 11 line on p.3 now reads 5303-2344-7647.FlameDeer - Thursday, July 8, 2004 - link
Hi Wesley, nice article. :)Something to change:
At page 3, Micron PC2-4300U Table, Row tRAS 11,
Aida 32 Total should be "7697".
MIDIman - Thursday, July 8, 2004 - link
> When can we expect DDR2 for A64?http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?...
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?...
mczak - Thursday, July 8, 2004 - link
Nice article, a real pity though there are no performance numbers for overclocked FSB only (i.e. FSB 258 / DDR2-"516"). There are some reasons to believe memory performance would also be quite a bit higher than with FSB200/DDR2-533...Bozo Galora - Thursday, July 8, 2004 - link
Another clear concise mem article by Prometheus.KillaKilla - Thursday, July 8, 2004 - link
When can we expect DDR2 for A64? Even thouthe they aren't so affected by lack of memory bandwidth...rjm55 - Thursday, July 8, 2004 - link
I am not usually that much into memory articles, but this is one of the best reviews I have seen on the new Intel architecture. It was surprising that even the budget DDR2 did 667. When will Intel be launching 667 as an "official" DDR2 speed?Anemone - Thursday, July 8, 2004 - link
VERY nice article - and informative on the limits that no one else is authoritatively reviewing. Thankyou and keep them coming!:)
skiboysteve - Thursday, July 8, 2004 - link
or... im blind..skiboysteve - Thursday, July 8, 2004 - link
you should mention in the benchmarks which modules are DS and SS, so people dont go ape shit over poor performance of say... GEIL..