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Corsair Twinx4000 DDR500 Dual Channel Memory Review
Author: Dennis Garcia
Published: Monday, December 05, 2005
Benchmarks - Setup
We have outlined our test system below along with what memory modules we plan to be using in each leg of the benchmarking tests. This first page is just to establish the test system and show the relative memory module specs.
The system as it was tested
DFI LanPartyUT SLI-DR (nVidia nForce4 SLI)
Athlon64 3200+ 512KB L2 Cache 939pin
Alpha PAL8150A
2x Chaintech SE6600G GeForce 6600GT PCI Express
IBM Hitachi Deskstar 80gig SerialATA 7200RPM
Antec NeoPower 480 power supply
12x/40x DVD/CDRom
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1
Athlon64 3200+ 512KB L2 Cache 939pin
Alpha PAL8150A
2x Chaintech SE6600G GeForce 6600GT PCI Express
IBM Hitachi Deskstar 80gig SerialATA 7200RPM
Antec NeoPower 480 power supply
12x/40x DVD/CDRom
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1
Memory Tested
2x Corsair XMS4000 DDR500 1024megs
2x Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR500 512megs
2x Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR500 512megs
CPU-Z
CPU-Z Memory Information - Cor
CPU-Z Memory Information - Cru
Both sets of modules are DDR500 for operation at and/or above 250Mhz FSB/HTT. Our Corsair TwinX 1024MB modules come clocked in at (3-3-3-8) while our smaller (512MB) Crucial Ballistix are favored with slightly better timings at (2-3-3-8).
The first benchmark round is between Corsair and Crucial, Crucial has the timing advantage.
The first benchmark round is between Corsair and Crucial, Crucial has the timing advantage.
