Corsair 4GB DDR2 PC9136 Kit 2D/3D benchmarks @ 600MHz +E7300+9800GX2+Gigabyte X38-DQ6
G'day from Team.AU once again! :D
I received a retail kit of Corsair Dominator 4GB DDR2 PC9136 kit for torture the other day from their latest addition to high capacity DDR2 range.
RAM Specs: http://www.corsair.com/_datasheets/T...6-9136C5DF.pdf
Part# TWIN2X4096-9136C5DF
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Binned for both Nvidia and Intel chipsets. I prefer using Intel chipsets as they are a lot more efficient on DDR2 platform...........DDR3 platform is different however where 790i rules them all ;)
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Test Configuration:
Gigabyte X38-DQ6 (F9a bios) STOCK BOARD NO MODS
Intel Core2 Duo E7300 CPU
4GB DDR2 PC9136 Corsair Dominators
Gigabyte 9800GX2 Graphics Card
620W Corsair PSU :up:
TT BigTyphoon Cooling CPU
160GB IDE Hard Drive
Windows XP Pro 32bit SP3
STOCK SPEED 32M SuperPi to warm up a little
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I've used 2.08vdimm to test max stable frequency
>>>> 596MHz stable with superpi and 3D <<<<
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GOAL >> SHOOT FOR 600MHz MARK :D
non-Micron ICs have shown a tendency to not scale well with voltage. I've seen this during my testing as well as bumpin the RAM to 2.13v only gave me a semi stable 600MHz even with relaxed tRFC (btw this timing will gain stability with high capacity RAM >> performance toll is insignificant as well ;))
Well time to bump vdimm some more (unfortunately vdimm jumps on this particular Gigabyte board are fairly big +0.05v which sometimes doesn't help with volt sensitive RAM >> new gen motherboards coming out VERY soon have this fixed with incredibly small volt jumps :up:)
RAM bump to 2.23vDIMM
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Validation file (509MHz FSB; 611MHz RAM 5-5-5-15):
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=357069
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Did a quick test with this Gigabyte 9800GX2
783-1944-1188 stock card '01 Nature stable :D:D:D
LN2 runs on CPU and air OCs on this GFX coming up soon :up:
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CPU is not too shabby either for a value chip :D
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i found the trick to high FSB on this CPU and board is to use the new F9a bios (older one was limited to 380MHz FSB :shocked:) and also to use GTL Ref +3% and second one on NORMAL for about 520MHz benchable FSB :)