Separating The Wheat from the Chaff: The Latest DDR2 Modules Tested

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Intel Processors (Socket 775)
1066 MHz FSB (Dual DDR)Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition 3.46 GHzFSB1066
Motherboards
MotherboardGigabyte 8AENXP-DWIntel 925XEBIOS F2B (Jan 10, 2005)
Common Hardware
Graphics CardNVIDIA GeForce 6 Series
PCI ExpressGPU: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GTMemory: 256 MB GDDR3-SDRAM
Hard DriveWestern Digital WD740JB Raptor74 GB, 8 MB Cache, 10,000 rpm
DVD/CD-ROMMSI MS-8216 16x DVD
Software
GraphicsNVIDIA Detonator 66.93
Intel Chipset DriverChipset Installation Utility 6.0.1.1002
DirectXVersion: 9.0c
OSWindows XP Professional, 5.1.2600Service Pack 2

Test Results At A Glance

Patrick Schmid
Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.