Date: June 20th, 2004
Article by: Nathan Glentworth (Owner, Head Editor & Hardware Reviewer)
Product was donated by: Corsair
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PRODUCT BENCHMARKING & TESTING

The Testbed is comprised of:

Intel P4 2.4C 800FSB Retail CPU Check Prices
Abit IC7-G Max II Advance Canterwood Motherboard (BIOS Revision Version 22): 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

Memory Benchmarked:

- 1GIG CORSAIR TWINX1024-3200XLPRO (2-5-2-2) Check Prices
- 1GIG PMI TURBO PC3200 PLATINUM (2-6-3-2) Check Prices
- 1GIG CORSAIR TWINX1024-3200LLPRO (2-6-3-2) Check Prices

Processor Configurations Used:

- 2.4C @ 2.4Ghz (DDR400) (1:1) (Above Ram Timings)
- 2.4C @ MAX OVERCLOCK : 3-8-4-4 Ram Timings

Benchmarking Explained:

With the different configurations seen above, I will be testing the Corsair TwinX1024-3200LLPro memory clock for clock against the equivalent Corsair TwinX1024-3200XLPro and the PMI PC3200 Platinum Turbo Memory I have reviewed previously.

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....