DDR2 Roundup: Reaching for 667 and Beyond
by Wesley Fink on July 8, 2004 12:09 AM EST- Posted in
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Mushkin DDR2 533
Mushkin is well known as a quality supplier of memory directly to the Enthusiast market. You can order Mushkin memory on-line, and you also find Mushkin appearing as an OEM supplier for memory in some Enthusiast systems.
Test DIMMs were a matched pair of single-sided 512MB DDR2 DIMMs with distinctive purple heat spreaders.
While we are not certain which memory chips were used by Micron in the manufacturing of their DDR2 533, performance and configuration suggest either Samsung or Elpida high-density chips.
Mushkin does not consider these DDR2 533 to be high performance modules. They are the first Mushkin DDR2 memory, and Mushkin will likely provide DDR2 memory aimed at the Enthusiast as the market develops.
Test Results: Mushkin DDR2 533
The full suite of benchmark tests were run at all memory speeds. This includes Quake3, Super PI, Sandra 2004 SP2 Memory Tests, Aida 32 Memory Tests, and Return to Castle Wolfenstein-Enemy Territory. We also ran UT2003, Aquamark 3, and Comanche 4 at every memory speed to verify stability of the reported memory timings. All benchmarks and additional tests had to complete without incident for the memory settings to be considered stable.| Mushkin DDR2 533 (DDR2 533) - 2 x 512Mb Single-Bank | |||||
| Speed | Memory Timings & Voltage | Quake3 fps | Sandra UNBuffered | Sandra Standard Buffered | Super PI 2M places (time in sec) |
| 533DDR 800FSB |
3-3-3-10 1.9V |
370.4 | INT 2936 FLT 3025 |
INT 4854 FLT 4846 |
107 |
| 667DDR 1000FSB |
4-4-4-10 1.9V |
454.1 | INT 3516 FLT 3574 |
INT 6016 FLT 6020 |
86 |
| 686DDR 258FSB |
4-4-4-10 1.9V |
468.0 | INT 3615 FLT 3672 |
INT 6130 FLT 6128 |
84 |
| Mushkin DDR2 533 (DDR2 533) | ||||
| Speed | RCW-ET Radar |
Aida 32 Read |
Aida 32 Write |
Aida 32 Total |
| 533DDR 800FSB |
78.5 | 5342 | 2135 | 7477 |
| 667DDR 1000FSB |
96.9 | 6568 | 2601 | 9169 |
| 686DDR 258FSB |
99.9 | 6732 | 2668 | 9400 |
While the Mushkin is an average performer in our performance tests, it joins our other tested memories in running at DDR2 667 and DDR2 686 without much effort. Once again, we find the Mushkin 533 runs at DDR2 686, at 4-4-4-10 timings and at 1.9V. We can only guess the highest speed of any of these DDR2 modules, since they all reach DDR2 686 with reserve timings and voltages for even higher speeds.
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Wesley Fink - Thursday, July 8, 2004 - link
#9 - Actually the first number was copied incorrectly and has now been fixed. The tRas 11 line on p.3 now reads 5303-2344-7647.FlameDeer - Thursday, July 8, 2004 - link
Hi Wesley, nice article. :)Something to change:
At page 3, Micron PC2-4300U Table, Row tRAS 11,
Aida 32 Total should be "7697".
MIDIman - Thursday, July 8, 2004 - link
> When can we expect DDR2 for A64?http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?...
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?...
mczak - Thursday, July 8, 2004 - link
Nice article, a real pity though there are no performance numbers for overclocked FSB only (i.e. FSB 258 / DDR2-"516"). There are some reasons to believe memory performance would also be quite a bit higher than with FSB200/DDR2-533...Bozo Galora - Thursday, July 8, 2004 - link
Another clear concise mem article by Prometheus.KillaKilla - Thursday, July 8, 2004 - link
When can we expect DDR2 for A64? Even thouthe they aren't so affected by lack of memory bandwidth...rjm55 - Thursday, July 8, 2004 - link
I am not usually that much into memory articles, but this is one of the best reviews I have seen on the new Intel architecture. It was surprising that even the budget DDR2 did 667. When will Intel be launching 667 as an "official" DDR2 speed?Anemone - Thursday, July 8, 2004 - link
VERY nice article - and informative on the limits that no one else is authoritatively reviewing. Thankyou and keep them coming!:)
skiboysteve - Thursday, July 8, 2004 - link
or... im blind..skiboysteve - Thursday, July 8, 2004 - link
you should mention in the benchmarks which modules are DS and SS, so people dont go ape shit over poor performance of say... GEIL..