In Search of True DDR2 Bleeding Edge Memory

Overclocking Tests And Motherboards Used

Whenever we plan a new test at THG, typically most manufacturers will send us their latest and greatest products. More often than not, we receive custom or prototype models that users simply can’t buy at retail outlets. That’s why we asked all companies to ship us only those memory modules for testing that consumers can actually buy at retail outlets. All modules were subjected to the same series of three tests, so that we could provide optimal buying advice.

In our first test, Memory Test DDR2-667, all candidates were tested and measured using default installation settings. Only in the second test - Overclocked Latency Times - did we tighten memory timings. In the third test memory was subjected to the maximum possible clock rate.

Manufacturer

Speed

Sides

A-Data

DDR2-800

D

Aeneon (Infineon)

DDR2-667

S

Buffalo

DDR2-667

S

Corsair

DDR2-1000

S

Crucial/Micron

DDR2-667

S

Geil

DDR2-533

S

GSKill

DDR2-675

S

Kingmax

DDR2-667

S

Kingston

DDR2-900

S

Mushkin

DDR2-667

D

OCZ

DDR2-800

S

Patriot Memory

DDR2-1000

S

PQI

DDR2-667

D

Samsung

DDR2-667

S

TwinMOS

DDR2-667

S

Wintec

DDR2-667

S