RAM

Does DDR2-800 deliver the hoped-for performance boost for Intel PCs? With DIMMs from Adata and Corsair in hand, we experimented with slower clocks but very short timings.

Samsung sent us the latest DIMMs, specified for up to 233 MHz.

OCZ has made a name for itself with memory modules for high clock rates. With the Gold Edition of the PC4000 Dual Channel Kit, OCZ tries to keep up with its clockspeed-boosting legacy.

We pit the fastest memory modules (DDR 400, DDR333, DDR266 and DDR200) against Rambus. Which one helps your PC system attain the highest performance level?

Basic DRAM, Asynchronus, Synchronus, Page Mode Access, FPM, EDO, BEDO, JEDEC, PC100 SDRAM, DDR SDRAM, ESDRAM, Protocl BAsed DRAM, DRDRAM, SLDRAM

Due to its weakness in latency, the specific performance balance of Rambus DRAM does not seem to favor current generation uniprocessor desktop PC platforms running traditional applications

Rambus is a very hot topic. Intel has been promoting Rambus as the new memory standard since late 1996. Now, eighteen months later a few DRAM manufacturers have prototype silicon in hand

Predicting the system performance impact of a new type of DRAM is a tricky business.