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Crucial Ballistix 1600mhz & MOD Review

Benchmarks Cont

Published: 5th July 2010 | Source: Crucial | Price: TBC | Author: Bryan Waters

Benchmarks

wPrime

wPrime is similar to our rendering tests in that it benefits enormously from fast memory. The more memory bandwidth you have available the lower, and therefore better, will be your result. Despite both the Kingston and the Crucial being rated at the same speed and same timings, the Kingston is clearly more efficient gaining 50 seconds over the Crucial.

PC Mark Vantage and 3D Mark Vantage

Finally the two Futuremark suites. As these really stress the entire system as opposed to a single element of it you get a much clearer indication of overall performance. The standard Crucial is now lagging seriously behind and even with the overclock it just can't keep up with the Kingston. The only test is comes close is the GPU section of 3D Mark which is nearly entirely independant of anything but your graphics card.

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05-07-2010, 03:18:47

tinytomlogan

Today we take a look at the latest in the long Ballistix range of RAM from Crucial.

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05-07-2010, 09:28:01

silenthill

The On-board I2C temperature sensor is really a cool feature and now we will be able to know when our RAM is cooking, wonder if HWMonitor utility will detect it too.

05-07-2010, 09:39:05

tinytomlogan

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Originally Posted by name='silenthill' The On-board I2C temperature sensor is really a cool feature and now we will be able to know when our RAM is cooking, wonder if HWMonitor utility will detect it too.

HWmonitor didnt with the latest version available. I have heard corsair have sneaked out a lot of ram with thermal probes built in.

05-07-2010, 13:08:40

silenthill

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Originally Posted by name='tinytomlogan' HWmonitor didnt with the latest version available. I have heard corsair have sneaked out a lot of ram with thermal probes built in.

I’ve seen a video which demonstrate Corsair memory with LED’S so when the memory heats up the LED indicators light up, It didn’t appeal to me because when the case door is closed and you don’t have a windowed case it will be of no help at all but Tom if you have information that Corsair are manufacturing some models with probes then that is defiantly a step forward.

05-07-2010, 16:39:49

I Hunta x

If your the kind of person that builds for looks and not all out raw power/the best bang for buck these wouldnt be a bad kit kit at all, one of the few i can recall recently with black pcb's little details like that can mean alot to some people who would be happy not to overclock it and get a few % lower performance for that well finished look. IMO aslong as it is priced around the same as equivilent stock speeded kits its not to bad at all.

05-07-2010, 18:02:01

AMDFTW

i have some of the LED ram (XMS2 PRO) it just lit up when they wer being used

06-07-2010, 02:09:59

silenthill

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Originally Posted by name='I Hunta x' If your the kind of person that builds for looks and not all out raw power/the best bang for buck these wouldnt be a bad kit kit at all, one of the few i can recall recently with black pcb's little details like that can mean alot to some people who would be happy not to overclock it and get a few % lower performance for that well finished look. IMO aslong as it is priced around the same as equivilent stock speeded kits its not to bad at all.

They look like a Ferrari car

06-07-2010, 04:31:46

AlienALX

I've never really used Crucial ram. It always seemed overpriced.

Good review and really honest too. It's nice to read unbiased reviews where there hasn't been any buttering up. Very rare in this day and age that.

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