Date: March 12th, 2004
Article by: Nathan Glentworth
(Owner, Head Editor & Hardware Reviewer)
Product was donated by: Kingston
Technology
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BENCHMARKING SETUP AND COMPOSITION
Intel P4 2.4C 800FSB Retail CPU Check
Prices
Abit IC7-G Max II Advance Canterwood Motherboard (BIOS Revision Version
16): 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 = 2.6volts
Vcore = 1.60volts
ATI All-in-Wonder 9800pro Check
Prices
Catalyst 3.5 Videocard Drivers
Windows XP Professional SP1 Check
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Seagate Barracuda V SATA ATA-150 HD Check
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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 @ 3.0Ghz (DDR400) (5:4) (2-5-3-2 Ram Timings)Corsair
PC3200
- 2.4C @ 3.0Ghz (DDR500) (1:1) DDR500 Corsair TwinX XMS4000pro
- 2.4C @ 3.0Ghz (DDR500) (1:1) DDR500 Kingston HyperX PC4000
Benchmarking Explained:
With the different configurations seen above, I will be testing the
Kingston HyperX PC4000 memory clock for clock against the equivalent
Corsair TwinX PC4000 Modules and the Corsair TwinX PC3200 Memory modules
I have reviewed previously.
The one main difference which will be labeled in every graph is that
I test the slower Corsair TwinX PC3200 at 2-5-3-2 memory timings whereas
I could only test the XMS4000 and HyperX PC4000 at 3-8-4-4. Even at
DDR400, the HyperX PC4000 would not boot even into the BIOS if 2-5-3-2
timings were applied. But as you will see, timings don't play a huge
role in memory performance. When it comes to raw data transfer, megahertz
matters and this is where the PC4000 pulls away from everyone.
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 a massive 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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