Benchmark Results: 3D Performance
The graphics performance in 3DMark Vantage improves with low latency memory and with faster clock speeds. The benefits are small, though.
The CPU score doesn’t provide any helpful information.
Far Cry 2 is our first real-world 3D game in this review and proves that you can indeed generate higher gaming performance when using faster RAM. The DDR3-1600 settings were best.
GTA IV didn’t return straightforward results.
Left 4 Dead is another example that shows how fast RAM speeds and timings do have benefits. Clearly, you should go for gold with this game title.
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I think the advantage of DDR3-1600 is not in the memory speed, but that the multiplier-locked CPU can be overclocked to a much higher frequency than DDR3-1066 would permit. This will result in the tremendous performance gain of DDR3-1600 over DDR3-1066.
I love DDR3! It's such fast ram and mine is only 1333mhz. Well worth the upgrade from ddr2.
how long are the adobe encoding program settings for? (premiere)
Thanks a lot guys,that was a usefull guide if you are wondering what memory you will get.Why are you showing all the benchmarks in percentages?
in the games,mp3 encoding,rar?you could give us a precise result by showing it on fps,minutes and secs,scores,etc.it doesn't really help if you say "Percent(more is better)".not offence,just trying to help.
I took your advise anyway.Thanks
I've got core i7 860 with team xtreem 8GB 1600mhz memory,i am happy with it.
Great, I'm still torn between lots of DDR3 brands for my next i5 750 / PII 955 builds, clearly that the difference between each RAM speed is not that much..so I'm going for the cheaper ones!
Apart from my supplier not haveing a few of the compared items for sale, this was great help in deciding, thanks!