System setup and notes
Specifications| Memory | Corsair TR3X6G1600C8D | Crucial CT3KIT12864BA1339 | Crucial CT3KIT25664BA1067 |
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| Memory capacity | 6GB (3x 2GB) | 3GB (3x 1GB) | 6GB (3x 2GB) |
| Memory speed and timings | 1,600MHz, 8-8-8-24 2T | 1,33MHz, 9-9-9-24 2T | 1,066MHz, 7-7-7-20 2T |
| Rated voltage | 1.65V | 1.5V | 1.5V |
| CPU | Intel Core i7 965 EE (3.20GHz) | ||
| Motherboard | Foxconn Bloodrage X58 | ||
| BIOS revision | P03 (12/12/2008) | ||
| Graphics Card | Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB | ||
| Disk drive(s) | Seagate 500GB SATA2 7200.11 | ||
| Mainboard software | Intel Inf 9.1.01007 | ||
| Graphics driver | Catalyst 8.12 | ||
| PSU | Corsair 620W | ||
| Operating System | Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 64-bit | ||
| Approx. price at time of writing | £195 | £90 | £145 |
Tests
| 2D benchmarks | SiSoft Sandra 2009 SP2 (15.72) Win64 memory bandwidth
(float) ScienceMark 2.0 memory latency HEXUS.PiFast wPrime (1024M calculation) DivX 6.8.3 encode of 1.2GB file Far Cry 2 benchmarking loading time |
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| 3D Benchmarks | Far Cry 2 v1.01, 1,280x1,024 4x AA, vhq,
ranch long demo. Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, OpenGL, 1,024x768 0xAA, 0xAF low Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, OpenGL, 1,280x1,024 4xAA, 16xAF vhq |
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Setup notes
Using a stock-clocked Intel Core i7 965 Extreme Edition CPU, we're comparing the Corsair 1,600MHz memory to a 6GB pack of Crucial DDR3-1,066, priced at around £145, and, to see if capacity makes much of a difference, a 3GB pack of Crucial's DDR3-1,333 RAM.