Enhanced Performance Profiles

[Malganis]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_Performance_Profiles

Enhanced Performance Profiles (EPP) is a memory technology for PC's delevoped by NVIDIA, primarily designed to make overclocking easier. It is a feature of the nForce 5 chipset. Corsair, along with NVIDIA, were the primary parties in developing the specification.

EPP will likely be available only for DDR2 memory modules. It requires support of both the motherboard and the memory module. It uses unused space on the SPD. EPP handles many factors, including memory timings to potentially improve performance. Data can be used by the motherboard's BIOS to automatically configure the system. EPP can handle clock speed, CAS latency, tRCD, tRP, tRAS, memory voltage, and command rate. In addition, a fully enhanced profile will be able to handle drive strengths, fine delays, setup times, write recover time, and tRC. It can also enable the user to overclock the computer's CPU and memory at the same time.

NVIDIA's name for EPP memory that has been qualified for performance and stability is "SLi-ready memory".

I didn't know where to put this, and because it's RAM related, I put it here.

Is this something like a 'press of a button' overclock system? Software that overclocks your RAM and CPU for you?

Oppinions please.

PDF's: http://www.nvidia.com/content/epp/epp_specifications.pdf, http://www.slizone.com/attach/618560?type=support&primitive=0.

 

[Nodsu]

No, it's a system where the memory module contains detailed information about itself (timings, latency etc as listed) instead of just the basic values (DDR speed, size etc).

No. It's not a plug an play overclocking because you are still restricted to whatever Corsair decides to write in the SPD. So it will be just as with the processors - identical RAM modules "rated" at diferent speeds and very different prices.