Date: April 20th, 2004
Article by: Nathan Glentworth
(Owner, Head Editor & Hardware Reviewer)
Product was donated by: OCZ Technology
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BENCHMARKING SETUP
Intel P4 2.4C 800FSB Retail CPU Comparison
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DFI Lanparty 875PRO RevB 875P Chipset Motherboard Comparison
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512 megs Corsair TwinX Series PC3200 Low Latency Memory Comparison
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1 GIG Corsair TwinX Series PC4400 Comparison
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1 GIG OCZ 1GB PC4400 DDR550 Performance
Series Comparison
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ATI All-in-Wonder 9700pro Comparison
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Catalyst 4.1 Videocard Drivers (Driver Defaults)
Windows XP Professional SP1 Comparison
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Maxtor DiamondMax ATA-133 30gig HD Comparison
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Latest Intel Chipset Drivers
Benchmarking Programs Used:
- 3DMARK2001SE
- PCMARK2004 (Memory Score)
- AIDA32 MEMORY READ & WRITE BENCHMARK
- AQUAMARK 2 BENCHMARK (Benchmark#1: Default Settings)
- SISOFT SANDRA MEMORY BANDWIDTH BENCHMARK
- GLEXCESS V1.2v OPENGL BENCHMARK
- QUAKE 3 Q3CRUSH TIMEDEMO BENCHMARK
- AQUAMARK DIRECTX 9 BENCHMARK
Benchmarked Timings
512 megs Corsair TwinX Series PC3200 Low Latency Memory
: 2-5-3-2 (200Mhz FSB : DDR400 : 2.4Ghz)
1 GIG Corsair TwinX Series PC4400 : 3-8-4-4 (276Mhz FSB : DDR552
: 3.32Ghz)
1 GIG OCZ 1GB PC4400 DDR550 Performance Series:
3-8-4-4 (276Mhz FSB : DDR552 : 3.32Ghz)
Both configurations are run at locked 1:1 memory and CPU
FSB divider.
Benchmarking Explained
The benchmarking is going to be kept very simple and to
the point. What I will be illustrating through the testing is the performance
difference comparing low latency timed standard PC3200 to high latency
timed PC4400 memory from Corsair and OCZ. Will the system be able to
tackle and make use of all the extra potenial bandwidth?
*Additional Point:* Some people seems to think that
the scores you will see in the next graphs are "misleading"
and this is in no way correct. The premise behind this review is to
illustrate what 275Ghz set at a 1:1 divider will bring to the standard
dual channel DDR400 user. This review is about unlocking the full potential
bandwidth in your system with high speed memory and no divider changes
which will help your system performace.*
Here we go.
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