High-End DDR3 Memory on the Hook

Specifications

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Manufacturer Chaintech Apogee Corsair Dominator
Product AU1G733-18GP001 CM3X1024-1800C7DIN
RAM Type DDR3-1800 DDR3-1800
Rated Timings 8-8-8-24 7-7-7-20
Rated Voltage 2.0 V 2.0 V
XMP no yes
Memory Capacity 2x 1 GB 2x 1 GB
Manufacturer Corsair XMS3 Crucial Ballistix
Product CM3X1024-1600C7DHX BL12864BA1608-8SFB
RAM Type DDR3-1600 DDR3-1600
Rated Timings 7-7-7-20 8-8-8-24
Rated Voltage 1.8 V 1.8 V
XMP no yes
Memory Capacity 2x 1 GB 2x 1 GB
Manufacturer Kingston HyperX Patriot
Product KHX14400D3K2-2G PDC32G1600LLK
RAM Type DDR3-1800 DDR3-1600
Rated Timings 8-8-8-24 7-7-7-18
Rated Voltage 1.9 V 1.8 V
XMP no no
Memory Capacity 2x 1 GB 2x 1 GB
Manufacturer Super Talent ProjectX
Product W1800UX2GP
RAM Type DDR3-1800
Rated Timings 7-7-7-21
Rated Voltage 2.0 V
XMP yes
Memory Capacity 2x 1 GB

Test Setup

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System Hardware
Intel Platform 775 Asus P5K3 Deluxe, Rev.1.01GIntel P35, BIOS : 0810 (11/02/2007)used 1:2 FSB :RAM ratio for memory testingused 2:3 FSB :RAM ratio for DDR3-1333 reference run
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 (65 nm Conroe core)clocked at 400 MHz x6 (2.4 GHz) for DDR3-1600clocked at 450 MHz x6 (2.7 GHz) for DDR3-1800increased FSB in 25 MHz increments for clock speed testing
Hard Drive Western Digital WD5000AAKS, 500 GB7,200 RPM, SATA/300, 16 MB cache
DVD-ROM Samsung SH-D163A , SATA150
Graphics Card Gigabyte Radeon HD 3850 GV-RX385512HGPU : 670 MHzMemory : 512 MB DDR3 (830 MHz, 256 Bit)
Sound Card Integrated
Power Supply Coolermaster RS-850-EMBA, ATX 12V V2.2, 850 Watt
System Software & Drivers
OS Windows Vista Enterprise Version 6.0 (Build 6000)
DirectX 10 DirectX 10 (Vista default)
DirectX 9 Version : April 2007
Graphics ATI Radeon Version 7.12
Intel Chipset Version 8.3.1.1009 (09/24/2007)
Java Java Runtime Environment 6.0 Update 1

We checked system stability at overclocked memory settings using Memtest86+ 1.7.

Benchmarks And Settings

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Benchmarks and Settings
3D-Games
Quake 4 Version : 1.3 FinalVideo Mode : 1280x1024Video Quality : game defaultMulticore offVideo Quality : MediumBenchmark I : THG TimedemoBenchmark II : playnettimedemo id_demo001(official ID-Soft NetTimeDemo)
Video
TMPEG 4.2 Version : 4.2.10.211import file :Terminator 2 SE DVD (720x576, 16:9) 2 MinutesDolby Digital, 48000 Hz, 6-Kanal, EnglishAdvanced Acoustic Engine MP3 Encoder (160 kbps)
XviD 1.1.2 Version : 1.1.2 (01/11/2006)Target quantizer : 1.00 (maximum quality)
Applications
Winrar Version 3.70 BETA 8Compression = BestDictionary = 4096 kBBenchmark : THG-Workload
Deep Fritz 10 Version : Nov 16 2006
Synthetics
Everest Ultimate Edition Version 4.2
PCMark05 Pro Version : 1.2.0CPU and Memory TestsWindows Media Player 10.00.00.3646Windows Media Encoder 9.00.00.2980
SiSoftware Sandra XI SP1c Version 2007.5.11.40CPU Test = CPU Arithmetic / MultiMediaMemory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark
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  • ilysaml
    i'm stuck with 1333 MHz and it's really pretty cool
    Reply
  • Can you specify what brand and/or model number that ddr3-1352 RAM is? It flattened the 1600 with identical timings, and I'd like to know why.
    Reply