Anandtech Reviews Mushkin RAM 32
EisleyRocks writes "Trying to find the right RAM to satisfy your overclocking needs? Anandtech has reviewed the latest offering from Mushkin. From the article: 'For gamers who seek fast timings and high bandwidth at stock memory ratios, the Mushkin XP2-5300 is a very good choice. The same can be said for overclockers looking for the highest DDR2 clock speeds that they can find. There are a few memories that can go higher in speed than Mushkin DDR2, but there are very few current DDR2 modules that can do 3-3-3 timings to DDR2-700 and above, or DDR2 memories that can handle higher voltage as well as this Mushkin. For now, the Mushkin XP2-5300 is a good choice among DDR2 1GB modules in 2GB kits.'"
Bah! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Bah! (Score:1)
Re:Mushkin (Score:2, Insightful)
Judging by the article, they take Elpida's RAM chips and put them on their own custom "Brain Power" PCBs.
I don't see how much difference the PCB can make though: it's just an electrical connection to the chips, right? Sure, you can keep the circuits short and use really high purity copper but that's about it isn't it?
Re:Mushkin (Score:4, Informative)
Not at all! It's all about preserving signal integrity between the components. Remember, at these speeds you shouldn't really think of the signals as plain-old electrical currents flowing down the tracks. They're really high-frequency radio waves propagating down waveguides. Think of where 400MHz lies in the radio spectrum - it's well above fm radio (in the uk, at least) and that propagates pretty well as a wave :-)
The pcb's job is to guide these waves around, and this is trickier than you might think. You have to consider the effect of the dielectric circuit board (the fibre glass bit) and coupling between various tracks and layers in the board.
Jony
Why is this news? (Score:1, Interesting)
In related news, there was a car crash on the freeway this morning, and it probably rained somewhere, why aren't those headlines?
While this will probably get me flamed, I expected better from Slashdot.
-Charlei
Because (Score:2)
-Charlie
Re:Why is this news? (Score:1)
Re:Why is this news? (Score:1)
WoW Patch Notes [worldofwarcraft.com]
Re:Why is this news? (Score:2)
I hope this flame lives up your high expectations of Slashdot in general, and of me in particular. Call me sometime, and we'll meet for tea.
Misreading the title... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Misreading the title... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Misreading the title... (Score:2)
Slashvertisment (Score:2, Interesting)
(Score -1, Redundant)
Re:Slashvertisment (Score:2)
Well /. does not force you to actually read the story. You can customize what stories are presented to you and
Re:Slashvertisment (Score:1)
I am well aware of Anandtech as an extremely useful source for hardware reviews. However, /. is all about new developments, and RAM chips which are slightly faster and better in every regard than previous chips simply aren't newsworthy.
And I also know that I don't have to read the article. It's just th
Does it really matter? (Score:3, Interesting)
I mean seriously, is the human eye capable of noticing a few more frames per second. I am almost certain that your keyboard, mouse and joystick cannot be overclocked. Therefore, if your input is limited by your input device speeds, does it make sense to increase your memory performance by 10% if it will burn out 50% sooner than if it were not overclocked?
No, this is not sarcasm, I really don't know the answers and am genuinely curious.
Re:Does it really matter? (Score:1)
I used to do the look through Computer Shopper & spec out a machine myself, but now I have a house, a wife and a kid and I just don't want to spend time on those things.
Re:Does it really matter? (Score:2)
Re:Does it really matter? (Score:2)
You may as well ask if "GoFaster" Stripes increase vehicle speed.
Re:Does it really matter? (Score:1)
Re:Does it really matter? (Score:3, Interesting)
In most cases, you're right - overclocking isn't useful. The edge cases where it would help tend to *require* better accuracy/stability, which you risk when you overclock. Manufacturers have expensive equipment to benchmark their own products so they can sell them at the highest speed, I really hope people don't think burn-in testing comes close to what manufacturers do. About the only time you could really luck out is if a manufacturer decides to under-clock
Re:Does it really matter? (Score:1)
I do see the benefit of running 35% faster, since I do lots of CPU-intensive processing. Encoding jobs and compilations take 1/4 less time to do, which for me equates to 2-3 hours saved each day. This also means my PC co
Re:ECC? (Score:2, Insightful)
As I remember it, ECC is signifcantly slower than non-parity. Parity RAM is pretty much non existant, and has been for quite some time.
From my perspective, most overclockers seem to be only worried about going from 80 fps to 83 fps in their
I used to like Mushkin (Score:2)