OCZ EL PC2-8000 XTC: Low Latency PLUS DDR2-1100
by Wesley Fink on April 3, 2006 12:01 AM EST- Posted in
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DDR2 400 (4:3) Performance
With a CPU rated at 1066 FSB (Quad 266), DDR2-400 is an underclock ratio for memory. It is not likely users would want to run at this speed unless they have very old DDR2 memory that can not run at faster speeds at tight timings. This speed is included mainly for reference - to compare tested memory to past DDR2 memory performance.
The OCZ PC2-8000 is able to handle DDR2-400 at the fastest timings you can select in memory at 3-2-2. This low-latency performance is reflected in PC2-8000 topping all the DDR2-400 performance charts.
With a CPU rated at 1066 FSB (Quad 266), DDR2-400 is an underclock ratio for memory. It is not likely users would want to run at this speed unless they have very old DDR2 memory that can not run at faster speeds at tight timings. This speed is included mainly for reference - to compare tested memory to past DDR2 memory performance.
The OCZ PC2-8000 is able to handle DDR2-400 at the fastest timings you can select in memory at 3-2-2. This low-latency performance is reflected in PC2-8000 topping all the DDR2-400 performance charts.
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plewis00 - Monday, April 3, 2006 - link
If Half-Life 2 was producing anomalous results why didn't you replace it when you suspected a problem with some other game instead. Because haven't you now voided your HL2 benchmarks effectively?Wesley Fink - Monday, April 3, 2006 - link
The HL2 Lost Coast results were consistnet for this round of tests, but they did not compare well to earlier test results. We have now discovered the benchmarking issue and the HL2 results will be updated as soon as testing is complete.Earlier tests were run with HDR (High Dynamic Range) enabled, while current tests were run with HDR disabled. We are now testing with HDR enabled.
Avalon - Monday, April 3, 2006 - link
You guys need to do something about those memory setting charts. The ones where you display the different timings you could achieve at different FSB settings for a particular memory...mainly, the part where you have "highest performance" I find misleading, because you have increased the CPU speed, so it almost makes it look like the performance results you have next to the settings are getting a huge boost in performance by going from one setting to the next, when it's really the CPU speed causing that.Maybe make a note on the chart stating that at highest performance mode, the CPU speed has been increased.
Other than that, not a bad review. Good memory, it seems.
Wesley Fink - Monday, April 3, 2006 - link
The information on which values were overclocked was already in the table, but we revised the chart to try to make the Overclocked values stand out more and to clearly identify the stock performance speeds and values.SnoMunke - Monday, April 3, 2006 - link
Interesting article...now about the grammar..."OCZ EL PC2-8000 is the best performing DDR2 memory we have ever tested, clearly outperforming any DDR2 that has been tested at AnandTech."
Wesley Fink - Monday, April 3, 2006 - link
An edited sentence and the original sentence got accidentally combined. Thanks for pointing this out. It is now corrected.