Mushkin PC3200 2-2-2 Special: Last of a Legend
by Wesley Fink on April 4, 2004 8:00 PM EST- Posted in
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Test Results: Mushkin PC3200 2-2-2 Special
To test overclocked stability, we used the very demanding Gun Metal 2 - Benchmark 2, which pushes systems with its DX9 routines. To be considered stable for test purposes, Gun Metal, our Quake3 benchmark, UT2003 Demo, Super PI, Halo, and Comanche 4 had to complete without incident. Any of these, and in particular, Super PI and Gun Metal, will crash a less-than stable memory configuration.| Mushkin PC3200 2-2-2- Special (DDR400) - 2 x 512MB Double-Bank | |||||
| Speed | Memory Timings & Voltage | Quake3 fps | Sandra UNBuffered | Sandra Standard Buffered | Super PI 2M places (time in sec) |
| 400DDR 800FSB |
2-2-2-5 2.65V |
327.6 | INT 2882 FLT 2932 |
INT 4517 FLT 4514 |
128 |
| 433DDR 866FSB |
2-2-3-5 2.75V |
350.2 | INT 2987 FLT 3039 |
INT 4887 FLT 4856 |
121 |
| 454DDR 908FSB |
2-2-3-7 2.85V |
364.6 | INT 3288 FLT 3271 |
INT 5091 FLT 5105 |
115 |
At DDR400, Mushkin PC3200 2-2-2 Special certainly meets its specifications. We were able to run our complete memory test suite at the most aggressive timings that we could set on the Asus P4C800-E. This certainly matches the timings possible with Mushkin, Corsair, and OCZ PC3500 memory, which was based on BH5 memory. A concession to using BH6 memory, however, is that a bit more voltage is required at all test frequencies for stable operation.
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MIDIman - Thursday, April 8, 2004 - link
Confused about the last chart concerning highest speeds. Anandtech mentions that the Mushkin did extremely well, but its pretty much the lowest of the group on all of the charts.I've been looking at costs via pricewatch, and something in the middle, like Geil's 4000, is looking very attractive when you put cost into the table.
Praeludium - Tuesday, April 6, 2004 - link
The only reason you're going to be paying attention to the 'last chance!' warnings is if you're planning on building a Nostalgia System from the year 2004. Maybe put this special RAM in with that Voodoo 6 that sold on Ebay a few months back, and it'll be a great hodgepodge of anachronisms and sought-after parts!pgx - Tuesday, April 6, 2004 - link
"it is your last chance to buy them", "Mushkin Special is your last opportunity", etc seemed stressed enough(how many times were thoughts like that mentioned?)... i mean if mushkin has a stash of old winbond chips who's to say no one else does? this review just gave me a weird vibe. sure the performance is great but the cost is really high and with ddr2 right around the corner who knows what is going to happen.retrospooty - Monday, April 5, 2004 - link
IF Twinmos is getting out of the DRAM business, why did they just release a bunch of new DDR2 chips including DDR2 667 ?They stopped the bh-5's because it was expensive as hell to produce, not enough profit margin.
TrogdorJW - Monday, April 5, 2004 - link
I think you showed a performance comparison once using 5:4 ratio for overclocking, and the performance was actually quite high. Can you do a roundup at some point showing highest overclocks using 1:1 *or* 5:4 - basically show a breakdown of how the two options end up performing with a variety of memory? Also, is that sort of overclocking (5:4 ratio) an option with Athlon 64 systems at all? Is it even beneficial in the Athlon 64 world? I'm guessing no, but would like your input on the matter.KristopherKubicki - Monday, April 5, 2004 - link
Winbond is getting out of DRAM. There will be no more BH5s all though there are some reservesof them here and there. Mushkin had one of the larger reserves if i remember.Kristopher
Pumpkinierre - Monday, April 5, 2004 - link
I thought they were producing BH5s again.Wesley Fink - Sunday, April 4, 2004 - link
#1 -I haven't a clue how it happened, but the chart is now fixed. The extra line is removed.
l3ored - Sunday, April 4, 2004 - link
i think your numbers are screwed up for the 2-2-2 special overclocking, you have 400ddr speeds at 2-3-3-6 or something and 500 ddr at 2-2-2-5an unrelated question: why did they discontinue the bh-5 and 6 chips?