Gaming and overclocking
| RAM: ET: QW - 1,024x768 0xAA 0xAF low | ||
|---|---|---|
| Corsair DDR3-1,600 CL8 6GB DOM | Crucial DDR3-1,066 CL7 6GB | Crucial DDR3-1,333 CL9 3GB |
| 194 | 181 | 184.6 |
Run as a pure system test with image-quality set to minimum via the in-game control panel, faster memory does provide a modicum of extra performance: the Corsair DDR3-1,600 is some five per cent faster than the Crucial DDR3-1,333.
| RAM: ET: QW - 1,280x1,024 4xAA 16xAF vhq | ||
|---|---|---|
| Corsair DDR3-1,600 CL8 6GB DOM | Crucial DDR3-1,066 CL7 6GB | Crucial DDR3-1,333 CL9 3GB |
| 100.4 | 98.6 | 99.35 |
But increase the game settings to a realistic 1,280x1,024 4xAA 16xAF on a Radeon HD 4870 card and the advantage all but disappears.
| RAM: Far Cry 2 - 1,280x1,024 - ranch long - vhq | ||
|---|---|---|
| Corsair DDR3-1,600 CL8 6GB DOM | Crucial DDR3-1,066 CL7 6GB | Crucial DDR3-1,333 CL9 3GB |
| 63.95 | 64.15 | 64.11 |
Which is further exemplified by the Far Cry 2 performance test at 1,280x1,024
| RAM: Far Cry 2 - 1,280x1,024 - ranch long - vhq (min) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Corsair DDR3-1,600 CL8 6GB DOM | Crucial DDR3-1,066 CL7 6GB | Crucial DDR3-1,333 CL9 3GB |
| 29.15 | 29.63 | 29.84 |
Minimum frame-rates, too, are decidedly similar.
Overclocking
| Maximum stable frequency 8-8-8-24 2T | ||
|---|---|---|
| Corsair DDR3-1,600 CL8 6GB DOM | Crucial DDR3-1,066 CL7 6GB | Crucial DDR3-1,333 CL9 3GB |
| 1692 | 1480 | 1562 |
Keeping the 8-8-8-24 latencies intact and raising voltage to 1.75V, we were able to increase the DOMINATOR DDR3-1,600's frequency to almost 1,700MHz, which is nice.