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Review: Memory Shootout - Extremely High Performance DDR using Samsung TCCD DRAMs on Socket 939 AMD64

by Ryszard Sommefeldt on 14 March 2005, 00:00

Tags: Samsung (005935.KS)

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System Setup and Notes

Hardware and Software

Test Platforms

DFI LanParty UT nF4 SLI-D System
Processor(s) AMD Athlon FX-55
Mainboard DFI LanPartyUT SLI-D
Memory Corsair's TwinXP1024-3200XL (CMXP512-3200XL) - 2 x 512MB - DDR400 2-2-2-5
G.Skill's F1-3200DSU2-1GBLE - 2 x 512MB - DDR400 2-2-2-5 and DDR550 2.5-3-3-7
OCZ Technology's PC3200 EL Platinum Rev2 - 2 x 512MB - DDR400 2-2-2-6
BIOS Version NF4LD217
Disk Drive 74GB Western Digital Raptor
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra - PEG16X - 71.20 ForceWare
Operating System Windows XP Professional, SP2
Mainboard Software NVIDIA nForce4 Platform Driver 6.39

Benchmark Software


Memtest86+ V1.51 (02/15/2005)
ScienceMark 2.0 (7th February 2005)
SiSoft Sandra 2004

Notes

The modules are tested to find their maximum stable speed at 1T and 2T command rates regardless of timings and a maximum of 3.0V, their maximum speed at SPD settings at default voltage, and then again at up to 3.0V. Comparison is then done to each kit's performance at stock SPD settings at DDR400, for a total of five metrics of comparison.

A settings group was deemed successful if it passed two full Memtest86+ loops. Once the maximum speeds were found, the modules were benchmarked for their results.