Crucial Ballistix PC2-6400 DDR2 1GB Kit
Test Setup & Settings
Published: 2nd November 2006 | Source: Crucial | Price: |
Processor: Intel Core2Duo E6700 "Conroe"
Motherboard: Asus P5B Deluxe (unmodded)
Graphics Card: Sapphire ATI X1900XT 512mb
Hard Disks: 2x Hitachi Deskstar 80gb SATA-II 8mb Cache (RAID0)
Power Supply: PCP&C Silencer 850w
Operating System: Windows XP SP2
Settings
When benchmarking the Ballistix I wanted to be sure to cover all angles. Some people like to run their memory at low latencies, some like to run their memory at high frequencies, whilst others prefer a mixture of both settings. Below is some information regarding the testing procedures and their results:
Stock settings (4-4-4-12 / 400mhz / 2.2v)
The first test involved ensuring that the memory could run stable at stock speeds. This may seem a bit of a strange test, but unfortunately some modules we've tested here at OC3D in the past have fallen over at this first hurdle.
I'm pleased to say that the Ballistix passed the stock testing with flying colours, managing to run at 4-4-4-12/DDR2-800 with 2.2v on our Asus P5B-Deluxe test bed.
I'm pleased to say that the Ballistix passed the stock testing with flying colours, managing to run at 4-4-4-12/DDR2-800 with 2.2v on our Asus P5B-Deluxe test bed.
Highest frequency at stock timings (4-4-4-12 / 530mhz / 2.4v)
Without sacrificing the memory latency I set out to find out the maximum frequency that these modules were capable of. By increasing the voltage to 2.4v I was able to push the modules up to 530mhz (DDR2-1060) - a hugely respectable overclock of over 30%! I certainly wasn't expecting anything close to this on the stock timings of 4-4-4-12.
Highest frequency overall (5-5-5-15 / 560mhz / 2.4v)
Loosening the memory timings often allows for the memory frequency to be overclocked slightly further. This can be handy for people running high-fsb platforms such as Intel's Core2Duo which requires memory capable of high frequencies in order to get the highest overclock.
Increasing the memory timings from 4-4-4-12 to 5-5-5-15 enabled me to squeeze an extra 30mhz out of the modules bringing the maximum frequency obtainable up to DDR2-1120.
Increasing the memory timings from 4-4-4-12 to 5-5-5-15 enabled me to squeeze an extra 30mhz out of the modules bringing the maximum frequency obtainable up to DDR2-1120.
Most Recent Comments
You rock sox Jim, awesome review mate... I must say that's some great RAM as well, good to see Crucial utilizing the D9 IC's for their Ballistix lineup. Very odd about the mismatched IC's though, that's a little scary to me 
Don't know what happened there.
And I for one like the new heatspreaders, I think they look sweet!
Don't know what happened there.And I for one like the new heatspreaders, I think they look sweet!
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Originally Posted by FragTek
You rock sox Jim, awesome review mate... I must say that's some great RAM as well, good to see Crucial utilizing the D9 IC's for their Ballistix lineup. Very odd about the mismatched IC's though, that's a little scary to me
Don't know what happened there.And I for one like the new heatspreaders, I think they look sweet! |
Nice review there mate, I personally think the heatspreaders look awesome. I'll have to keep this RAM in mind when I upgrade my rig 
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