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Testing
The test configuration we used is as follows:
| Motherboard: |
Soyo Dragon 2 I875P Platinum
Edition |
| Processor: |
Intel P4C 2.8Ghz |
| Hard Drive: |
Western Digital SATA Raptor
36GB 1000rpm |
| Video Card: |
ATI Radeon 9600 |
| Operating System: |
Windows XP Professional SP2 |
| Cooling: |
Water: Koolance PC2-650
(CPU-300-H06) |
Overclocking
For
our overclocking tests, we used a 1:1 ratio to determine the highest stable
memory overclock. Hyper-Threading was enabled and performance on the
Soyo Dragon 2 was set to normal. The memory speed determined by this
motherboard was 3-4-4-7 so we manually set the timings back to 3-4-4-8.
To determine stability, we ran
Sisoftware's Sandra 2004 Burn-In Wizard (CPU
and Memory benchmarks) 10 times. Unfortunately, we were not too impressed with the results. We were able
to run stable at 250MHz, which is only slightly higher than what we are able
to achieve with the TWINX1024-4000Pro memory. That means that we were
able to run it at 500MHz as opposed to its rated speed of 550MHz.
Is
this memory capable though of running at its rated 550MHz?
Well,
yes and no. These modules were tested on a Asus P4C800-E motherboard.
They are somewhat guaranteed to run at this speed using this particular board.
We wanted to review these using another quality 875P Canterwood motherboard to
accurately provide you with its actual capabilities. While we really
weren't expecting to achieve 550MHz, we were at least expecting a significant
improvement over the TWINX1024-4400 modules.
Performance
For
the performance tests, we will be running benchmarks at both stock (200mhz)
and maximum OC speeds to give a good indication of performance gains. We will
be using our two preferred benchmarking suites, Sandra 2004 and PC Mark 2002
and will throw in the TWINX1024-4000Pro memory for comparison.
Sandra 2004 Memory Benchmark
We see only a minimal improvement using the new
TWINX1024-4400 modules at 200FSB.
You can see the TWINX1024-4400 coming in on top
due to the extra 10MHz we were able to achieve.
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