4GB Trials and Tribulations

by Rob Williams on May 25, 2006 in Miscellaneous

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to move on up to 4GB of system ram? There may not be a need for that now, but it won’t take very long until it’s commonplace in enthusiast PC’s. I take 4GB worth of top end DDR1 and DDR2 memory, and relate my overclocking and performance reports to you.

Page 6 – DDR2 – Sciencemark 2, Super Pi, PC Mark 05

Sciencemark 2 is a great tool, because it gives you results that are far more in-depth than anything else out there. I will only relay the Bandwidth and Sciencemarks results though.

What we have seen up to now still applies here… the 4GB solution is just a wee bit slower than the 2GB. What’s interesting is the max overclock here though, because at 4GB, it proved to be 214MB/s faster. The Sciencemarks result for the same benchmark proved lower than 2GB though, probably due to the 4GB having slightly higher latencies.

Most people who want to set Super Pi records usually use a 1GB kit with ultra-tight latencies, and this is why. As we moved from 2GB to 4GB, the overall times were definitely higher. Not by a huge margin, but are higher nonetheless.

Once again looking at the top overclock, 4GB proved just 100 points lower than the 2GB. 2T timings are not looking so bad ;)

For the last of our DDR2 testing, let’s check out some 3D app’s.

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1. Introduction
2. 4GB Technical Limitations
3. General OC’ing with 4GB
4. Testing Procedures, DDR2 Overclocking
5. DDR2 – Sandra, Everest
6. DDR2 – Sciencemark 2, Super Pi, PC Mark 05
7. DDR2 – 3D Mark 01/06, HL2/BF2
8. DDR1 – Overclocking
9. DDR1 – Sandra, Everest
10. DDR1 – Sciencemark 2, Super Pi, 3D Mark 01, HL2/BF2
11. Conclusions

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Rob Williams

Rob founded Techgage in 2005 to be an 'Advocate of the consumer', focusing on fair reviews and keeping people apprised of news in the tech world. Catering to both enthusiasts and businesses alike; from desktop gaming to professional workstations, and all the supporting software.