ALi MAGiK 1: The Athlon gets a second DDR platform

Using a low level memory benchmark we see that there isn’t a problem with DDR SDRAM providing the bandwidth necessary however there seems to be an issue with the performance of the MAGiK 1’s memory controller, at least in comparison to the AMD 760. 

Even here, the AMD 760 is still 4% faster than the MAGiK 1.

We have excluded the Pentium 4 from this test because it throws the scale completely off making it difficult to see a comparison between any of the other contenders.

The performance situation is much closer here, however equivalent theoretical bandwidth, as we’ve proved throughout this article, doesn’t necessarily translate into equivalent performance.