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DDR Memory Kit Roundup: Last of the Mohicans

Memory by Berry @ 2006-08-17

DDR is on its last legs with both AMD and Intel now supporting the newer DDR2 modules for their latest platforms. We present you with our most likely last DDR module review; two 2Gb high end memory kits from A-DATA and Team Group strive to help you get the most out of your Athlon 64 setup.

3DMark/AquaMark and Half Life 2 / X3 Demo

3DMark03/05/06 and AquaMark

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From the results you can see that, overall, memory size doesn?t have a noticeable influence. When comparing 250x11 vs 275x10 it seems pure memory speed is more important than lower latencies.

Half Life 2: Lost Coast and X3 Demo

Now with the real life benchmarks, some games. Half Life 2: Lost Coast with HDR enabled, all settings High, resolution 1024x768. Next up X3 Demo, again all settings high with resolution 1024x768. AA/AF was disabled for all tests.

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While the benchmarks don?t show a noticeable increase in FPS when using 2x1Gb, these numbers don?t tell the whole story. While in-game frame rate was mostly the same, I did notice a decrease in disk activity when using 2Gb of system ram, and load times were noticeably reduced. 2Gb seems to be the sweet spot for current generation games.

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