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  Corsair XMS vs. Value Select Memory

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Test System Specs

Obviously an AMD-based system had to be used for the comparison as I used DDR memory and not DDR2. The entire test system specifications are listed below.

  • AMD Athlon 64 3800+ (2.4GHz)

  • DFI LanPartyUT nForce4 Ultra-D

  • 2 x 512MB Corsair XMS 3200XL (DDR400) CAS2-2-2-5

  • 2 x 512MB Corsair Value Select (DDR400) CAS2.5-3-3-6

  • Seagate 200GB 7200rpm S-ATA HDD

  • ASUS Radeon X850XT PE 256MB PCIe

  • Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 32-bit

Memory Bandwidth Tested

As you can see there is very little difference in memory bandwidth performance when going from CAS2-2-2-5 to CAS2.5-3-3-6. In most cases the performance margins were 2% or less, making for virtually no difference in performance.

Note: For all the following tests a higher score is better.

Obviously CAS2.5 Value Select memory is well worth every dollar and it’s of your best interest to track down the CAS2.5 stuff rather than the CAS3.



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