Mushkin XP2-8500 4 GB

W1zzard · 05-22-2007, 08:35 PM

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Dark Ride · 05-23-2007, 08:26 PM

Nice review of a great memory kit!

WarEagleAU · 05-23-2007, 08:46 PM

Ketxxx has been preaching that Mushkin is a great maker of memory. This just further reinforces it.

Grings · 05-23-2007, 08:49 PM

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On the upper part you find the typical Mushkin heatspreader form which allows a little tube to be inserted through it for water cooling your memory

well done, i think thats the first time ive seen this pointed out in a review

DaMulta · 05-23-2007, 09:51 PM

Why does it run better with a lower clock?

BvB123 · 05-23-2007, 10:47 PM

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7 x 312 1:1 312 MHz 3-2-2-4 2.15V 6065 MB/s 5616 MB/s 82.2 ns 412.7 fps 27599 25.70 s

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7 x 295 1:1 295 MHz 3-2-2-4 2.35V 6403 MB/s 5927 MB/s 77.6 ns 433.1 fps 28466 24.39 s

There is something wrong....

Ripper3 · 05-23-2007, 10:49 PM

I get really confused with DDR2 benchmarks. DDR1 was much simpler, but then again, also more limited...
Interesting to see how higher and lower memory clocks affect applications. And the Q3 demo results were confusing... It was running better at lower clocks... like DaMulta said.

Urlyin · 05-23-2007, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Ripper3

I get really confused with DDR2 benchmarks. DDR1 was much simpler, but then again, also more limited...
Interesting to see how higher and lower memory clocks affect applications. And the Q3 demo results were confusing... It was running better at lower clocks... like DaMulta said.

This gives you added flexibility in situations where you can to reduce the clocks a bit but tighten the timings.

W1zzard · 05-23-2007, 11:42 PM

OUCH that's supposed to be 329 FSB -> 1:1 329 mem .. fixing the numbers

DRDNA · 05-23-2007, 11:49 PM

lol , now its reading clearly

W1zzard · 05-23-2007, 11:50 PM

table and graphs updated. sorry for the confusion

Urlyin · 05-24-2007, 03:23 AM

I hope you guys can appreciate the pain in the arse it can be sometimes benching for all those different timings and keeping those numbers straight .. can start to run together when you set down to do the graphs ... and to think he was worried about the graph colors ...

hehe

05-22-2007, 08:35 PM	#1
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Ripper3 Join Date: May 2007 Location: London, England Posts: 1,112 (1.20/day) Thanks: 62 Thanked 107 Times in 104 Posts	I get really confused with DDR2 benchmarks. DDR1 was much simpler, but then again, also more limited... Interesting to see how higher and lower memory clocks affect applications. And the Q3 demo results were confusing... It was running better at lower clocks... like DaMulta said.

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05-23-2007, 11:50 PM	#11
W1zzard Administrator Join Date: May 2004 Location: Stuttgart, Germany Posts: 7,620 (3.78/day) Thanks: 79 Thanked 2,491 Times in 934 Posts System Specs	table and graphs updated. sorry for the confusion

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