Corsair Vengeance Pro Review: 2x8 GB at DDR3-2400 10-12-12 1.65 V

IGP Gaming

The activity cited most often for improved memory speeds is IGP gaming, and as shown in both of our tests of Crystalwell (4950HQ in CRB, 4750HQ in Clevo W740SU), Intel’s version of Haswell with the 128MB of L4 cache, having big and fast memory seems to help in almost all scenarios, especially when there is access to more and more compute units.  In order to pinpoint where exactly the memory helps, we are reporting both average and minimum frame rates from the benchmarks, using the latest Intel drivers available.  All benchmarks are also run at 1360x768 due to monitor limitations (and produces more relevant frame rate numbers).

Bioshock Infinite:

No real average frame rate difference on IGP with Bioshock Infinite - we avoid the 1333 C9/1600 C11 pitfalls.  On minimum frame rates however, the inclusion of more memory takes a hit here.

Tomb Raider:

The Corsair kit takes the top spot for Tomb Raider on IGP, both in average and minimum frame rates, despite the overall differences being relatively small.

Sleeping Dogs:

Sleeping Dogs is very consistent - again we avoid the low PI pitfalls at the bottom of the graphs.