Date: March 17th, 2004
Article by: Nathan Glentworth
(Owner, Head Editor & Hardware Reviewer)
Product was donated by: Corsair
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MEMORY KIT
BENCHMARKING SETUP AND COMPOSITION
Intel P4 2.4C 800FSB Retail CPU Check
Prices
Abit IC7-G Max II Advance Canterwood Motherboard (BIOS Revision Version
22): Check
Prices
1GB corsair TWINX1024-3200LLPRO High Performance Dual Channel Memory
Check
Prices
1GB corsair TwinX XMS4000pro High Performance Dual Channel Memory Check
Prices
1GB Kingston HyperX PC4000 High Performance Dual Channel Memory Check
Prices
512 megs Corsair TwinX Dual Channel Series PC3200 Low Latency Memory
Check
Prices
Vmem = 2.8volts
Vcore = 1.60volts
ATI All-in-Wonder 9800pro Check
Prices
Catalyst 4.3 Videocard Drivers
Windows XP Professional SP1 Check
Prices
Seagate Barracuda V SATA ATA-150 HD Check
Prices
Intel Application Accelerator ver2.3
Hyperthreading and PAT Enabled
Benchmarking Programs Used:
- 3DMARK2001SE
- PCMARK2002 (MEMORY)
- SISOFT SANDRA MEMORY BANDWIDTH BENCHMARK
- GLEXCESS v1.2V BENCHMARK
- QUAKE 3 Q3CRUSH DEMO BENCHMARK
Processor Configurations Used:
- 2.4C @ 2.4Ghz (DDR400) (1:1) (2-5-3-2 Ram Timings) OCZ
& Corsair
- 2.4C @ 2.4Ghz (DDR400) (1:1) (2-6-3-2 Ram Timings (PC3200 Pro Reviewed
Today)
- 2.4C @ 2.760Ghz (DDR460) (1:1) (3-8-4-4 Ram Timings) MAX O/C (PC3200
Pro Reviewed Today)
- 2.4C @ 3.0Ghz 1:1 DDR500 Corsair XMS4000
- 2.4C @ 3.0Ghz 1:1 DDR500 Kingston HyperX PC4000
Benchmarking Explained:
With the different configurations seen above, I will be testing the
Corsair TwinX1024-3200LLPro memory clock for clock against the equivalent
Corsair TwinX PC3200LL (Standard) Module and the OCZ PC3200 Platinum
Memory I have reviewed previously. For an added bonus, I included the
TwinX1024-3200Pro and Kingston HyperX PC4000 DDR500 for your memory
comparison.
Everything else is absolutely identical right down to the software
and drivers. I will not be testing this memory at the CPU's highest
overclock seeing to do so, I would be using the memory divider and essentially
underclocking the memory below it's rated speed.
What I will show you is just how much of an overclock you can obtain
through pushing up the front side bus and keep the divider at it's 1:1
stock ratio. This brings about an overall performance boost to the whole
computer and contributes to a noticeable reduction in OS and program
load and execution timeframes.
Let's see how it performed....
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