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Benchmarks:::...
My
first concern was to see whether GeIL's memory would
run in our super-picky VIA based MSI Athlon64 system
currently running on Corsair XMS3200LLPT (Low Latency)
which runs at 2-3-2-6.
Test
Sytem:
MSI
K8T Neo-FIS2R
AMD
Athlon64 3400+ CPU
Corsair TWINXXMS3200 - CMX2563200LLPT x2 and
GeIL
Value Dual Channel PC3200
Sapphire AIW 9800 Pro graphics
Western Digital WD800JB HDD
First
up came the good news. The test system fired up perfectly
using either manually set timings or leaving the BIOS
set to run using the SPD settings. I also tried running
at CAS 2 but even at the stock 200MHz the system refused
to POST.
SiSoft
Sandra 2004:::...
Memory
Bandwidth Benchmark
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Sandra
Memory Bandwidth - Corsair
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Sandra
Memory Bandwidth - GeIL
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As
you can see, the difference between the results from
Corsair's tighter timings and GeIL's slightly more
relaxed timings amounts to nothing more than around
20MB/Sec, or in percentage terms that's in the region
of 0.75% in favour of the Corsair.
Cache
and Memory Benchmark
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Sandra
Memory and Cache - Corsair
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Sandra
Memory and Cache - GeIL
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Again
there's pretty much nothing in it. Corsair's lower
latency is apparent from the numbers but less apparent
from the actual performance characteristics.
ScienceMark
2:::...
One
of our favourite benchmarks here at 3DV, and with
an excellent little memory benchmarking utility for
which their memory bandwidth routines are available
on their homepage and for public scrutiny.
Forgetting
the L1 and L2 scores which don't really play a part
here, the memory scores again, as we expect, show
Corsair muscling in with its reduced bandwidth.
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