Tag archive: memory bandwidth

Corsair Memory, Inc. today announced new XMS2 5300 speed modules at low latencies. These memory modules offer the incredibly fast speeds of DDR2 5300 and the low latencies of 4-4-4-12 with the added benefits of the Pro Series heat spreader and memory activity LEDs. These modules are available in a pair of 512MB modules. These products are based on the new DDR2 technology which increases the memory bandwidth available for memory… Read More

Corsair Memory, Inc this week announced new DDR2 Value Select memory modules. These products are ideal for the budget conscious consumer who would like to take advantage of the new features and bandwidth that DDR2 has to offer. These come in several density options as well as in kits of two modules. The products range from 256MB to 2GB. These products are based on the new DDR2 technology which increases the memory… Read More

Quote from the review at HardOCP: “Performance wise, the SK8V definitely delivered. However, the proximity in performance on most benchmarks between it and the Athlon64 board coupled with the 3400+ CPU was rather disturbing, on multiple levels. The SK8V should have blown the Athlon64 board out of the water, just due to the fact that it has an incredible amount of memory bandwidth available due to its Dual Channel memory bus. This is… Read More

Quote from the review at the Firing Squad: “With its impressive 30GB/sec of memory bandwidth, NVIDIA's GeForce FX 5950 Ultra definitely throws the gauntlet down in high resolution environments with eye candy features such as anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering turned on. At least on paper. Based on our real-world findings however, ATI's RADEON 9800 XT still has the edge in many benchmarks, despite giving up nearly… Read More