crucial value ddr2-667 - budget ram!
so, i picked up a kit of 2x1gb for $120 a week ago. well.. it ended up being single rank, 8 micron D9HNL chips per stick. i was hoping for some GMH, but i guess i wasn't that lucky. i think it's fairly safe to say that most of those sticks will come with these chips, as i've seen someone else with them too, but samsung or elpida is a possibility, but i think somewhat unlikely.
anyway, i like overclocking, not talking. here goes :D
http://www.eclipseoc.com/image/memor...1gb/sticks.jpg
http://www.eclipseoc.com/image/memor...x1gb/chips.jpg
pretty non-descript value ram. :eek: :cool:
and... the results. i had a lot of fun with this. it was somewhat finicky as far as timings and drive strengths went... but voltage does next to nothing! :(
starting off, i managed to pull this off:
http://www.eclipseoc.com/image/memor...-32m-5-5-5.png
but then i found out that 3d stability was lower than 32M stability... so i started using 3dmark as well as 32m to check stability, and ended up a bit lower
http://www.eclipseoc.com/image/memor...06-5-5-5-4.png
then after much tweaking and fiddling, i arrived here:
http://www.eclipseoc.com/image/memor...x1gb/491.2.png
after concluding that i figured out what the D9HNL likes, i went ahead and started checking how it scales with voltage at several different timing sets. the mhz shown is the maximum speed that would complete 32M and 3dmark05
http://www.eclipseoc.com/image/memor...gb/scaling.png
compare that scaling chart with some of my D9GMH based stuff: (a 2x512mb ddr2-800 teamgroup kit)
http://www.eclipseoc.com/image/memor...02x1gb/vvt.png
and understand why i am dissapointed with how poorly it responds to voltage. this doesn't bode well for micron in the 2x2gb market.