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GeIL's DDR2-533 Fails To Impress

8:29 AM - February 27, 2006 by Bert Töpelt
Source: Tom's Hardware US – Keywords: search, true, ddr2, bleeding, edge, memory
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Table of Contents:
23 – GeIL's DDR2-533 Fails To Impress
  1. 1 – Optimal DRAM For Overclocking
  2. 2 – DDR2 Parts Details
  3. 3 – Two DRAM Sides Are Better Than One
  4. 4 – BIOS Settings To Boost Performance
  5. 5 – CL4 Or CL3: Boosts Performance By Up To 5%
  6. 6 – More Speed By Tightening Latency Timings
  7. 7 – Boosting Memory Clock Speed: 23% Performance Gains
  8. 8 – Here's How We Tested At THG's Munich Labs
  9. 9 – Wstream And Everest Benchmarks
  10. 10 – Overclocking Tests And Motherboards Used
  11. 11 – Default Settings Test: DDR2-667
  12. 12 – Default Settings Test: DDR2-667, Continued
  13. 13 – Overclocking By Tightening Timings
  14. 14 – Overclocking By Tightening Timings, Continued
  15. 15 – Overclocking To The Max
  16. 16 – Overclocking To The Max, Continued
  17. 17 – Only Asus Boards Convince
  18. 18 – An Overview Of The 16 Test Candidates
  19. 19 – Aeneon DDR2-533: Unbeatable Price/Performance
  20. 20 – Buffalo's DDR2-667 Is Unspectacular, But Solid
  21. 21 – Corsair DDR2-1000: Absolutely The Fastest
  22. 22 – Crucial/Micron DDR2-667 (Ballistix) Is Geared For Overclocking
  23. 23 – GeIL's DDR2-533 Fails To Impress
  24. 24 – G.Skill's DDR2-675 Confusing Label
  25. 25 – Kingmax DDR2-667: Choose The Chip's Color
  26. 26 – Kingston DDR2-900 Offers Minimal Overclocking
  27. 27 – Mushkin DDR2-667's Double-Sided Module With A Need For Speed
  28. 28 – OCZ DDR2-800: The Third-Fastest Test Candidate
  29. 29 – Patriot Memory DDR2-1000 Offers Top Performance Reads At 8.6 GB/sec
  30. 30 – PQI's DDR2-667 Is Fast, With No Overclocking Headroom
  31. 31 – Samsung DDR2-667: Conservative RAM Sans Overclocking
  32. 32 – Twinmos' DDR2-667 Is Slow, But Overclocks Well
  33. 33 – Wintec's (AMP) DDR2-667: 475 MHz When Overclocked
  34. 34 – Conclusion

GeIL's DDR2-533 Fails To Impress

GeIL's modules registered the worst performance in our default test series - in particular on the Wstream test - for the entire test field. But things looked different in the overclocking test: this DDR2-533 module continued stable operation even at a speed of 952 (476 MHz). This leads us to suspect that the vendor may have shipped us hand-picked modules with especially good performance characteristics - something that would-be buyers can't necessarily expect when buying these units through normal retail. We'll test this hypothesis further in our upcoming THG DDR2 live test.

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GeIL
Manufacturer Details
Website: geilusa.com
Speed: DDR2-533 (PC5300)
Timings: CL 4.0-4-4-12
Size: 512 MB (1 rank, 4 banks)
single sided
Label: GX21 GB5300DC
VOLTAGE: 1.8V
Module SPD-Timings
DDR2-667 (333 MHz) CL 5.0-5-5-15
DDR2-533 (266 MHz) CL 4.0-4-4-12
DDR2-400 (200 MHz) CL 3.0-3-3-9
Refresh Rate: 7.8 us, Self-Refresh
Voltage: 1.8 V
Test
Test I (default): DDR2-667, CL 4.0-4-4-12, 1.8V
Test II (timing): DDR2-667, CL 4.0-4-4-12, 1.8V
Test II (overclocking): DDR2-888@952 (476 MHz) 2.2V

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