DDR2 Roundup: Reaching for 667 and Beyond
by Wesley Fink on July 8, 2004 12:09 AM EST- Posted in
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Performance Test Configuration
With DDR2 performance testing, we had the task of assembling a new test bed for our memory tests. It is still very early in the 925X/915/DDR2 release cycle, so test bed choices may change as we find even better performing components. The DDR2 test bed represents the most stable and overclocking friendly choices that we have yet tested in the lab with the 925X chipset.All test conditions were as close as possible to those used in our earlier DDR memory reviews. We are, however, dealing with a new PC architecture in 925X/LGA 775/DDR2, so the test bed requirements were often quite different.
| INTEL 925Z Performance Test Configuration | |
| Processor(s): | Intel Pentium 4 LGA 775 2.8GHz (800MHz FSB) |
| RAM: | 2 x 512MB Corsair XMS2 5300 PRO (DS) 2 x 512MB Crucial PC2-4300U (DS) 2 x 512MB Geil PC2-4300 (SS) 2 x 256MB Kingmax DDR2-533 (SS) 2 x 512MB Kingston PC2-4300 (SS) 2 x 512MB Micron PC2-4300U (DS) 2 x 512MB Mushkin DDR2 533 (SS) 2 x 512MB OCZ Premier PC2 4300 (SS) |
| Hard Drives | Maxtor MaXLine III Serial ATA 250GB 7200RPM drive 16MB Cache, NCQ |
| PCI/PCIe Speed | PCI Fixed at 33, PCIe and SATA Not Fixed |
| Bus Master Drivers: | Intel Chipset Driver 6.0.0.1014 |
| Video Card(s): | nVidia 6800 GT PCI Express, 256MB, 1024x768x32 |
| Video Drivers: | nVidia 61.45 Beta |
| Heat Sink Fan: | Thermaltake Jungle512 (CL-P0037) |
| Power Supply: | OCZ 520ADJ PowerStream 520 Watt |
| Operating System(s): | Windows XP Professional SP1 |
| Motherboards: | Abit AA8 DuraMAX (925X) with 1.03 Beta BIOS |
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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..