Corsair's PC10000 Super-Ober-Uber-RAM Sets Sails

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Test Setup

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System Hardware
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Extreme X6800 (Conroe 65 nm, 2.93 GHz, 4 MB L2 Cache)
MotherboardEVGA nForce 680i SLI 775 MainboardChipset : Nvidia nForce 680i SLI, BIOS : P24
Common Hardware
RAM I2x 1024 MB DDR2-800 (CL 3.0-4-3-9)Corsair CM2X1024-6400C3 XMS6403v1.1
RAM II2x 1024 MB DDR2-1066 (CL 4.0-4-4-12)Corsair CM2X1024-8888D4 XMS8804v1.1
RAM III2x 1024 MB DDR2-1250 (CL 5.0-5-5-15)Corsair CM2X1024-10000C5D XMS1005v1.1
Graphics CardHIS Radeon X1900XTX IceQ3GPU : ATI X1900XTX (650 MHz)RAM : 512 MB GDDR3 (1550 MHz)
System Hard Drive1x 150 GB 10,000 RPM, 8 MB Cache, SATA/150Western Digital WD1500ADFD
Data Hard Drive1x 150 GB 10,000 RPM, 8 MB Cache, SATA/150Western Digital WD1500ADFD
DVD-ROMTeac DV-W50D
Software
ATI GraphicCatalyst Suite 7.1.40211
Nvidia nForce 680i SeriesForceware 9.53
DirectXVersion : 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
OSWindows XP, Build 2600 SP2

This is where Corsair came from (top to bottom) : PC6400, PC8888 and now PC10000 DDR2 enthusiast memory.Benchmarks And Settings

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Benchmarks and Settings
3D-Games
Call Of Duty 2Version : 1.3 RetailVideo Mode : 1280x960Anti Aliasing : 4xGraphics Card : mediumTimedemo demo2
Quake 4Version : 1.2 (Dual-Core Patch)Video Mode : 1280x1024Video Quality : UltraTHG Timedemo waste.maptimedemo demo8.demo 1 (1 = load textures)
Video
TMPEG 3.0 ExpressVersion : 3.0.4.24 (no Audio)182 MB VOB MPEG2-source (704x576) 16:9
DivX 6.4Version : 6.4 (4 Logical CPUs)Profile : High Definition ProfileMultipass, 3000 kbit/sEncoding mode : Insane Quality
XviD 1.2.0Version : 1.2.0 SMP BetaEncoding type : Twopass - Single passProfile @ Level : DXN HT PALTarget size (kbytes) : 570000
MainConcept H.264 Encoder v2Version : 2.12:19 min MPEG2-source 1920x1080 to H.264Profile : HighAudio : AACStream : ProgramAudio
Lame MP3Version 3.97 Beta 2 (11-29-2005)Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 74 minwave to mp3160 kbps
OGGVersion 1.1.2 (Intel P4 MOD)Version 1.1.2 (Intel AMD MOD)Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 74 minwave to oggQuality : 5
Applications
WinrarVersion 3.61 (Multi-Core)(303 MB, 47 Files, 2 Folders)Compression = BestDictionary = 4096 kB
Autodesk 3D Studio MaxVersion : 8.0Characters "Dragon_Charater_rig"rendering HTDV 1920x1080
Adobe Photoshop CS 2Version : 9.0.1VT-Runtime ScriptRendering from 5 Pictures (66 MB, 7 Filters)
CinebenchVersion 9.564 BitnCPU, 1 CPU
Synthetic
EverestVersion 3.01.652Cache & Memory Benchmark
PCMark05 ProVersion : 1.1.0CPU and Memory TestsWindows Media Player 10.00.00.3646Windows Media Encoder 9.00.00.2980
SiSoftware Sandra 2007Version 2007.5.11.17CPU Test = CPU Arithmetic / MultiMediaMemory Test = Bandwidth BenchmarkMemory Lateny Test = ns

This is the alternative to Corsair’s latest PC10000 DIMMs : Go for PC6400 memory with lowest possible latencies (CL3-4-3-9).

Patrick Schmid