Crucial DDR2-800 2GB Memory Kit (CT12864AA80E.16FD)

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Max Slowik
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Crucial
Aug. 21, 2007

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Performance Summary

As far as default settings go, it's not likely that you would ever be able to tell the difference between this and any other budget memory.

For being such a basic part, it's impressive how well this plain memory overclocked. It had a good amount of headroom at high voltages, and was somewhat capable of overclocking while fixed at very tight timings.

With the timings set to 3-10-3-3, the RAM was still able to run at 208MHz/ DDR2-832, which, admittedly, is minimal, but worth mentioning since some budget kits won't run at 3-10-3-3 at all. Overclocking with loose 5-15-5-5 timings at 2.4 volts was the most surprising, and the RAM hit an astounding 282MHz/ DDR2-1128. Even overclocking at stock voltages yielded a handy 17%, or 234MHz/ DDR2-900.

Overclocking

Pushing the limits is part of the fun of building a computer, so it's important to check how well memory overclocks. Of course, as with all overclocking, your mileage may vary. We check three things: how high the memory overclocks with tight timings at 2.4 volts, how high the memory overclocks with loose timings at 2.4 volts, and lastly, how high the memory overclocks at stock timings and voltages. To make sure that the processor is not affecting these results, we use a low multiplier; we underclock it.

Overclocking
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OC @ Stock Timings

OC @ 3-10-3-3 2.4V

OC @ 5-15-5-5 2.4V

Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR2-800

Crucial Standard DDR2-800

OCZ Platinum DDR2-800 r2

260

234

216

MHz

500

OC @ Stock Timings

OC @ 3-10-3-3 2.4V

OC @ 5-15-5-5 2.4V

Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR2-800

Crucial Standard DDR2-800

OCZ Platinum DDR2-800 r2

212

208

MHz

500

OC @ Stock Timings

OC @ 3-10-3-3 2.4V

OC @ 5-15-5-5 2.4V

Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR2-800

Crucial Standard DDR2-800

OCZ Platinum DDR2-800 r2

300

282

MHz

500

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Page 1: Introduction & The Memory
Page 2: Testing: Synthetic Applications
Page 3: Testing: Games
Page 4: Performance Summary & Overclocking
Page 5: Conclusion

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