Crucial Ballistix DDR2- 533 Review

**MIG-31** · Aug 7, 2004, 07:26 PM

With the launch of the Intel's new LGA 775 processors already a few months in the past, it's now time to look beyond these new Intel CPU's towards the memory that consumers will be running to harness their full potential. We're of course talking about DDR2, the memory standard that powers Intel's latest 925x and 915 chipsets. If you've been looking at purchasing a new 925x based motherboard lately, you've probably looked into buying some new DDR2 memory as well.

Apart from the different naming conventions companies are using with their DDR2 products, many end users have complained about how almost every available DDR2 DIMM is rated at the same timings. These timings are of course the JEDEC standard, of 4-4-4-12 for DDR553 and 5-5-5-12 for DDR667. Many of you may remember that the JEDEC standard for DDR 400 was CL 2.5, but as the memory standard matured, manufacturers started producing low latency DDR memory that was rated at CL 2.

Review: vr-zone

BWX · Aug 7, 2004, 09:37 PM

The guy is trying to use DoomIII as a benchmark with 2 x 256mb of ram??? Who let this guy become a hardware reviewer?

Aug 7, 2004, 07:26 PM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,854 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	Crucial Ballistix DDR2- 533 Review With the launch of the Intel's new LGA 775 processors already a few months in the past, it's now time to look beyond these new Intel CPU's towards the memory that consumers will be running to harness their full potential. We're of course talking about DDR2, the memory standard that powers Intel's latest 925x and 915 chipsets. If you've been looking at purchasing a new 925x based motherboard lately, you've probably looked into buying some new DDR2 memory as well. Apart from the different naming conventions companies are using with their DDR2 products, many end users have complained about how almost every available DDR2 DIMM is rated at the same timings. These timings are of course the JEDEC standard, of 4-4-4-12 for DDR553 and 5-5-5-12 for DDR667. Many of you may remember that the JEDEC standard for DDR 400 was CL 2.5, but as the memory standard matured, manufacturers started producing low latency DDR memory that was rated at CL 2. Review: vr-zone

Aug 7, 2004, 09:37 PM	#2
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	The guy is trying to use DoomIII as a benchmark with 2 x 256mb of ram??? Who let this guy become a hardware reviewer? __________________