Searching for the Memory Holy Grail: Part 1
by Wesley Fink on July 27, 2003 11:13 PM EST- Posted in
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Performance Test Configuration
| Performance Test Configuration | |
| Processor(s): | Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz (800MHz FSB) Intel Pentium 4 2.6GHz (800MHz FSB) |
| RAM: | 4 x 256MB OCZ3700 GOLD (DS) 2 x 512MB Winbond BH5 PC3500 (DS) 2 x 256MB Crucial DDR400 (Samsung chips) (SS) 4 x 256MB OCZ4000 Beta (SS) |
| Bus Master Drivers: | 875P: Intel INF Update v5.00.1012, RAID IAA drivers not installed on 875P board for consistency in test results |
| Video Card(s): | ATI 9800 PRO 128MB ATI 9700 PRO 128MB |
| Video Drivers: | ATI Catalyst 3.5 |
| Operation System(s): | Windows XP Professional SP1 |
| Motherboards: | DFI 875PRO LAN Party (875P) with 6/25/03 release BIOS Asus P4P800 Deluxe (865PE) with 1.009.004 BIOS |
Two motherboards tested at Anandtech were used in tests to determine the best memory configuration for 875/865 chipsets. All testing at DDR400 and DDR466 were with a 3.0Ghz 800FSB CPU on the DFI 875PRO LanParty. The DFI benchmarks used either one, two, or four OCZ3700 GOLD 256MB DS modules, or 2 OCZ3700 GOLD DS and 2 Crucial 400 SS 256Mb/Winbond BH5 DS 512MB for mixed mode testing. All Benchmarks at DDR500 were run with a 2.6GHz 800FSB CPU on the Asus P4P800 Deluxe, which we reviewed in our 865PE/875P Motherboard Roundup June 2003. We used one, two, or four OCZ4000 GOLD beta modules, which are single-sided.
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Anonymous User - Monday, July 28, 2003 - link
Great article. Pity Im too late. Is single sided RAM the same as single bank (electronic) or physically the ram chips are on a single side of the stick. Mushkin in particular are wary of using the single side term. Also What about PAT acceleration in conjunction with lower latency RAM and DIMM number? Some reviews have shown lower FSB with tight timings RAM and PAT acceleration beating looser timings 1:1 higher FSB RAM systems. Ah questions questions?pakuens - Monday, July 28, 2003 - link
Good article. I'm right in the middle of buying memory and it answered several questions. It saved me from an expensive mistake, as I was considering using two matched pairs, but of differing size.I like the unbuffered benchmark method.