DDR2 800 (2:3) Performance

At DDR2-800 the OCZ EL PC2-8000 and Mushkin Elpida DIMMs are running at the same 3-3-3 timings. As a result performance for both memories is very close. OCZ still tops the charts, but the margins are generally razor thin and well within our confidence level.

DDR2-800 (3.47 GHz) Calculation Performance

DDR2-800 (3.47 GHz) Standard (Buffered) Memory Test

DDR2-800 (3.47 GHz) Unbuffered Memory Test

DDR2-800 (3.47 GHz) Gaming Performance

DDR2-800 (3.47 GHz) Gaming Performance

OCZ EL PC2-8000 is the first memory we have tested that performed at the DDR2-1067 memory speed, so we have no other memory to compare to OCZ at this DDR2 speed. Performance does improve a bit with the added speed, and we will provide DDR2-1067 performance comparison charts in future DDR2 memory reviews. Corsair and others have just released or plan to release DDR2 modules based on these new Micron chips. As we test these new memories we will compare DDR2-1067 performance.

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  • plewis00 - Monday, April 3, 2006 - link

    If Half-Life 2 was producing anomalous results why didn't you replace it when you suspected a problem with some other game instead. Because haven't you now voided your HL2 benchmarks effectively?
  • Wesley Fink - Monday, April 3, 2006 - link

    The HL2 Lost Coast results were consistnet for this round of tests, but they did not compare well to earlier test results. We have now discovered the benchmarking issue and the HL2 results will be updated as soon as testing is complete.

    Earlier tests were run with HDR (High Dynamic Range) enabled, while current tests were run with HDR disabled. We are now testing with HDR enabled.
  • Avalon - Monday, April 3, 2006 - link

    You guys need to do something about those memory setting charts. The ones where you display the different timings you could achieve at different FSB settings for a particular memory...mainly, the part where you have "highest performance" I find misleading, because you have increased the CPU speed, so it almost makes it look like the performance results you have next to the settings are getting a huge boost in performance by going from one setting to the next, when it's really the CPU speed causing that.

    Maybe make a note on the chart stating that at highest performance mode, the CPU speed has been increased.

    Other than that, not a bad review. Good memory, it seems.
  • Wesley Fink - Monday, April 3, 2006 - link

    The information on which values were overclocked was already in the table, but we revised the chart to try to make the Overclocked values stand out more and to clearly identify the stock performance speeds and values.
  • SnoMunke - Monday, April 3, 2006 - link

    Interesting article...now about the grammar...

    "OCZ EL PC2-8000 is the best performing DDR2 memory we have ever tested, clearly outperforming any DDR2 that has been tested at AnandTech."
  • Wesley Fink - Monday, April 3, 2006 - link

    An edited sentence and the original sentence got accidentally combined. Thanks for pointing this out. It is now corrected.

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