Date: April 5th, 2003
Article by: Nathan Glentworth (Owner, Head Editor & Hardware Reviewer)
Product was donated by: OCZ Technology
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PCMark2002 Memory Score

Let's see what Madonion's computer testing software has to say about the three ram modules. This is where things get interesting.

First off, the OCZ memory again tweaked as stated below:

- DRAM Settings set from By SPD to Manual
- SDRAM CAS Latency was manually set at CAS2. (Computer would not boot at CAS1.5 setting.)
- The bank interleave was set to 4-bank from default settings. (Highest Available Setting)
- The Precharge to Active to Active (Trp) was set from 3T to 2T. (Highest Available Setting)
- The Active to Precharge (Tras) was set from 7T to 6T. (Highest Available Setting)
- The Active to CMD (Trcd) was set from 3T to 2T. (Highest Available Setting)

And next is the Mushkin running in it's "By SPD" CAS2.5 configuration seeing that it would not run any higher.

Getting a bit interesting. But, as stated earlier, the ram just was not as stable as I would like it to be. I had to run the PCMark test about three times to get a result without the computer rebooting itself. The Mushkin ram is indeed faster if you can keep it running properly.

Hmmmmmmmm, I just don't get it. The crucial set at CAS2 beat them both. This is the result of good quality Crucial memory and the P4X400 chipset not being able to utilize DDR400 properly, period. I do understand there is a recognized margin of error, but this result is above that and really states that cheaper, good quality DDR333 is the way to go with Via DDR400 chipsets. I really have to check this out further with the new SIS and Intel DDR400 chipsets available or becoming available in the near future.