Corsair launches Dominator GTX: the world's fastest DDR3 memory module

http://img.hexus.net/v2/news/corsair...r-gtx-2250.jpg

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The extreme-module, pictured above, is tested to operate at a frequency of 2,250MHz with latencies of 8-8-8-24 at 1.65V, and will be sold individually from the Corsair online store on Tuesday, December 8th. Corsair plans to begin taking orders at 9am pacific time, but warns that availability will be "extremely limited" and that orders will be placed on a first come first served basis.

There's no mention of price (but you don't need us to tell you it won't be pretty) - and indeed no mention of capacity - but Corsair recommends using its optional GT Airflow fan for the highest possible performance.

Kevin Conley, VP of Engineering at Corsair states that the "Dominator GTX modules are the most tightly-screened, highest-quality and fastest DDR3 memory modules in the world."

"We look forward to seeing what the enthusiast and overclocking community can do with these exciting new products," he adds.

We're told each module is screened by hand at Corsair's California lab, and there's support for both Intel and AMD platforms - though, the latter isn't certified for blazing-fast 2,250MHz speeds. Here's a Corsair-provided table of baseline performance characteristics of the Dominator GTX module in a choice of platforms:

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http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=21463

Looks pretty damn blazin. :shocked:

Only issue I have is with Corsair themselves. Their memory always seems to have an (imo) unwarranted price premium, even over other high-end ram companies.

Although in this specific case, the "we're told each module is screened by hand at Corsair's California lab" may just justify it. :up:

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Originally Posted by Sly Fox

Looks pretty damn blazin. :shocked:

Only issue I have is with Corsair themselves. Their memory always seems to have an (imo) unwarranted price premium, even over other high-end ram companies.

Although in this specific case, the "we're told each module is screened by hand at Corsair's California lab" may just justify it. :up:

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Of course it is, they manufacture everything in China now. They need to validate their testing to make sure they didnt slip on QA considering the price people will be paying for these modules.

Corsair is number #2 to G skill now a days in my book. Corsair's added price is not worth it. Right now the only thing I want from corsair is the 800D case.

cant wait to give mine a squeeze :D

safan >> you know g.skills top end kit which costs just under corsair dominators in Oz. i am willing to bet anything that when it comes to efficiency they will be left behind by a country mile. They are pushing RAM which is weak in the most important timing on i7 (tRCD) as a high end kit LOL! How does that make them number 1 exactly? Their ripjaw kit would kick the top end kit's ass too

they are not cheap the old Dominators but you get what you pay for imo

1. the picture shows a GT stick, not GTX?
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2,250MHz with latencies of 8-8-8-24 at 1.65V

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pfff... gskills new stuff is guaranteed to do 2200 cas7 with 1.65v...
come on corsair, you can do better than this ;) :clap:
i wanna see higher speeds or lower timings!

Dino you getting a set ? I hope I'm on Corsair's Xmas list too for a set of these :D

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Originally Posted by eva2000

Dino you getting a set ? :D

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While I'm not on anybody's xmas list...:shakes:...did I read this right? 1 as in singular, uno, module?? If this is the case...will you have to purchase one or two more and will they run in dual or triple channel mode?? Plus, any word on price?? They won't be cheap.....think I better txt Santa right now:yepp:

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Originally Posted by safan80

Corsair is number #2 to G skill now a days in my book. Corsair's added price is not worth it. Right now the only thing I want from corsair is the 800D case.

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Corsair is making the best DDR3 memory at the moment. Period.
G.Skill is making kits with high tRCD, which let's them scale to high frequencies but is slower in performance, and they are using BBSE chips in some of their "high-end" kits, which is not what I expect from high-end kits.

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Originally Posted by saaya

1. the picture shows a GT stick, not GTX?
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pfff... gskills new stuff is guaranteed to do 2200 cas7 with 1.65v...
come on corsair, you can do better than this ;) :clap:
i wanna see higher speeds or lower timings!

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I think the bigger heatsink makes it a GTX stick?!

Concerning G.Skill, just read what I posted above your quote! ;)

This is crazy. It all comes down to the ICs, screw the modules and the logo. I'd rather bin (via return) some fairly priced modules that I know use a good IC than pay for someone else to do it.

Those dual channel, high tRCD kits aren't the only kits GSkill is selling btw.

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Originally Posted by mrcape

Those dual channel, high tRCD kits aren't the only kits GSkill is selling btw.

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True, but they are either not available or almost as expensive as the Corsair stuff, at least here in Germany.

I would rather bin my memory myself too, though.

Besides the mind-blowing DDR3-2250-setting I also like the one for AMD: DDR3-1800 6-6-6-18 @ 1.65 V guaranteed is great! :yepp:

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Originally Posted by Don_Dan

True, but they are either not available or almost as expensive as the Corsair stuff, at least here in Germany.

I would rather bin my memory myself too, though.

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Good point. I guess if you go for them you are certain to get what you paid for, which is nice.

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Originally Posted by mrcape

This is crazy. It all comes down to the ICs, screw the modules and the logo. I'd rather bin (via return) some fairly priced modules that I know use a good IC than pay for someone else to do it.

Those dual channel, high tRCD kits aren't the only kits GSkill is selling btw.

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bah only where you live :cool:
we dont have that privilege heheh

complete waste of money i bet u can buy 5870 for that price lol

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Originally Posted by eric66

complete waste of money i bet u can buy 5870 for that price lol

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its nice for benching. i would never run this kit in my system 24/7 though, the vtt voltage would be astronomical.

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Originally Posted by cky2k6

its nice for benching. i would never run this kit in my system 24/7 though, the vtt voltage would be astronomical.

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if you use factory XMP profile yeah probably but when tuned right it doesnt mean that you would.........

most of my high clocking runs on evga for example have had around 1.42-1.475vtt or so for example
....it will depend on board and CPU IMC as well of course :)

Tasty kit CORSAIR :up: , keep pushing it

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Originally Posted by saaya

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pfff... gskills new stuff is guaranteed to do 2200 cas7 with 1.65v...
come on corsair, you can do better than this ;) :clap:
i wanna see higher speeds or lower timings!

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G.Skill are might at fresh ICs, whereas this CORSIAR GTX smells like MGH-E

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Originally Posted by Expat GriZ

While I'm not on anybody's xmas list...:shakes:...did I read this right? 1 as in singular, uno, module?? If this is the case...will you have to purchase one or two more and will they run in dual or triple channel mode?? Plus, any word on price?? They won't be cheap.....think I better txt Santa right now:yepp:

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I am assuming that if you buy them in a "singles" package you could always just rma that one stick if it went bad for whatever reason instead of having to return say the whole set when just one goes bad....regardless, looks like some sick memory that will yet push 32M to new levels:D

don't really get the idea of those super expensive p55 kits, no matter how they tweak it - it will still lose to x58
i'd rather they sold those superbinned chips in triple kits for x58 platrofms ... to really push the limits.

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Originally Posted by proxis

don't really get the idea of those super expensive p55 kits, no matter how they tweak it - it will still lose to x58
i'd rather they sold those superbinned chips in triple kits for x58 platrofms ... to really push the limits.

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hence the selling in single sticks...buy three sticks :D

my kit should be here early next week, i'll keep you cats posted :up:

**check that, late next week**

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Originally Posted by dinos22

cant wait to give mine a squeeze :D

safan >> you know g.skills top end kit which costs just under corsair dominators in Oz. i am willing to bet anything that when it comes to efficiency they will be left behind by a country mile. They are pushing RAM which is weak in the most important timing on i7 (tRCD) as a high end kit LOL! How does that make them number 1 exactly? Their ripjaw kit would kick the top end kit's ass too

they are not cheap the old Dominators but you get what you pay for imo

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Well I'm using 6 sticks in my i7 system not 3 sticks like most. When Corsair's kits are $100 more than G skill's kits for around the same speed it just is not worth it. The limiting factor for the I7s are the IMC not so much the ram these days.

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Originally Posted by proxis

don't really get the idea of those super expensive p55 kits, no matter how they tweak it - it will still lose to x58
i'd rather they sold those superbinned chips in triple kits for x58 platrofms ... to really push the limits.

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In terms of bandwidth, latency no.

The GT's run really nice. TBH how much more speed do we need right now with ram. Is it really bottlenecking anyone out there?

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Originally Posted by safan80

Corsair is number #2 to G skill now a days in my book. Corsair's added price is not worth it. Right now the only thing I want from corsair is the 800D case.

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I would disagree with that statement..:D

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Originally Posted by Expat GriZ

While I'm not on anybody's xmas list...:shakes:...did I read this right? 1 as in singular, uno, module?? If this is the case...will you have to purchase one or two more and will they run in dual or triple channel mode?? Plus, any word on price?? They won't be cheap.....think I better txt Santa right now:yepp:

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They are selling single sticks, so can buy 3 sticks for X58, or 2 or 4 sticks for P55, or even just 1 stick if you want a spare. This will make RMAs much easier, just return the dead stick and keep the other good sticks :up:

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Originally Posted by Vinas

The GT's run really nice. TBH how much more speed do we need right now with ram. Is it really bottlenecking anyone out there?

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you are bang on with your question, for 24/7 use, performance memory is an absolute waste of funds...period. anyone arguing that point is either selling, advertising, or promoting memory with their best interests in mind, not a consumers.

DDR3-1600 at 8-8-8 (if not even less) is more than enough for any system (X58/P55) and anything over that is a huuuuuuge waste of money in a performance/$ ratio. for daily use, spend you money on SSDs, for gaming use on GPU, and for benching on everything ;)

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Originally Posted by 3oh6

hence the selling in single sticks...buy three sticks :D

my kit should be here early next week, i'll keep you cats posted :up:

**check that, late next week**

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oh noes.....could it be the one and only "Original" OC Report will grace the forums once again??:D

hopefully if so, looking forward to it man:bows::up:

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Originally Posted by Movieman

I would disagree with that statement..:D

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Yep, G.Skill all the way, at least if you're looking to save a few bucks! :D

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Originally Posted by Brian y.

oh noes.....could it be the one and only "Original" OC Report will grace the forums once again??:D

hopefully if so, looking forward to it man:bows::up:

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+1 to that...:up: always an informative and witty read!!!!:D

I bet these will go for at least €175 a stick. Thanks but no thanks. Looking forward to results though. The AMD 1600 6-6-6 kit will have my attention also.

this RAM is SICK!!!

check this out on an air cooled system

:D

im affraid i might kill these babies so they wont be seeing more than 1.728vdimm DMM measured :D

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/6376/1111ip.png

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Originally Posted by Don_Dan

Corsair is making the best DDR3 memory at the moment. Period.
G.Skill is making kits with high tRCD, which let's them scale to high frequencies but is slower in performance, and they are using BBSE chips in some of their "high-end" kits, which is not what I expect from high-end kits.

I think the bigger heatsink makes it a GTX stick?!

Concerning G.Skill, just read what I posted above your quote! ;)

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it says GT on the stick itself... :P
not GTX :p:

so your saying 2250 8-8-8 performs better than 2200 7-10-10?

Looks good, I will see what gives on the pelt.

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Originally Posted by dinos22

this RAM is SICK!!!

check this out on an air cooled system

:D

im affraid i might kill these babies so they wont be seeing more than 1.728vdimm DMM measured :D

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/6376/1111ip.png

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:eek::slobber::shock2::bows::worship::rocker:

Fantastic Dinos! :up: 940 6-6-6 on AMD is really good! :yepp:

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Originally Posted by Russian

Of course it is, they manufacture everything in China now. They need to validate their testing to make sure they didnt slip on QA considering the price people will be paying for these modules.

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These were hand binned and tested in Fremont. :up:

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Originally Posted by Yellowbeard

These were hand binned and tested in Fremont. :up:

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then i wanna see a pair of fingerprints on my set, and they better be the fingers of someone with a beard.

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Originally Posted by Manicdan

then i wanna see a pair of fingerprints on my set, and they better be the fingers of someone with a beard.

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Would you prefer a curly blond hair trapped somewhere underneath the heatspreader? :p:

Bachus is clean shaven, head and face ;)

Looking forward to trying these babies on clarkedale in january - they should do very well

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Originally Posted by Yellowbeard

Bachus is clean shaven, head and face ;)

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so did Bachus put all of these kits together? if so, we need to sit down and have a chat ;)

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Originally Posted by 3oh6

so did Bachus put all of these kits together? if so, we need to sit down and have a chat ;)

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Heya! Not every single step of the process, but I can sure talk about performance aspects of our GTX line... ;)

On a side note, man, I just realized it's been 6 months since my last post on XS... Hi to all! :)

bachus_anonym
How much will this kit cost?

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Originally Posted by bachus_anonym

Heya! Not every single step of the process, but I can sure talk about performance aspects of our GTX line... ;)

On a side note, man, I just realized it's been 6 months since my last post on XS... Hi to all! :)

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Welocome back BA! Can we get XS discount? :D

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Originally Posted by WaterFlex

bachus_anonym
How much will this kit cost?

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It aint kits, these stick are sold seperatly, $200,- a piece.

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Originally Posted by Zeus

It aint kits, these stick are sold seperatly, $200,- a piece.

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:eek2::eek2::eek2::eek2:


Holy Steven! I guess that makes sense though, Corsair gets better yields by selling individually rather than finding matches that work well together.

200$ per stick ? 0_0 That`s crazy......

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Originally Posted by bachus_anonym

Heya! Not every single step of the process, but I can sure talk about performance aspects of our GTX line... ;)

On a side note, man, I just realized it's been 6 months since my last post on XS... Hi to all! :)

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that was my plan, to goat you out of hiding, tell them to let you out and play once in a while. good to see you are still alive and kicking :up:

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Originally Posted by cky2k6

its nice for benching. i would never run this kit in my system 24/7 though, the vtt voltage would be astronomical.

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I am currently running 3 x 2GB sticks of the GTXs. 1000MHZ 7-7-7-21-88-1T 1.65 VDimm, 1.32 Vtt 7x24 without breaking a sweat. Yes the 1.32 Vtt is a bit higher than my 800MHz 8-8-8-24 sticks needed. However, It is not astronomical by my standards.

Classified E760 / i7-960

Micron chips do they use? I would rather see some better speed on GPU products, that is cool dont get me wrong.
clock for clock no processor IMO keeps up with memory anyway.

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Originally Posted by turbohans

Micron chips do they use?

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The specific ics that they are using is unknown to me due to the heatspreaders. Maybe one of the beardguys can answer that question...

Heheh no way, it's Elpida Hyper. ;)

$200 bucks a piece? damn :shocked:

Just arrived yesterday at the house. Will torture them in Feb when I get home!!:up: Merry Xmas to me...:yepp: from....me:rofl:

You have to wait till Feb? Lemme test 'm for ya, lol. :D

Great sticks bud, have fun with 'm. ;)

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Originally Posted by Zeus

You have to wait till Feb? Lemme test 'm for ya, lol. :D

Great sticks bud, have fun with 'm. ;)

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Hey Zeus...you'll have to come down for a session, mate. I'm amassing a small mountain of gear in anticipation of a month of all out benching when I get back. :D 5 new cpus, 2 new boards, 4 gpus, the mem..... the dewar, 5 pots and a new toy that plugs into mains..... (from Poland):wasntme: I'll need a hand pouring 5 pots d00d:)

Looks good. Only one thing which interests me is if they'll still work on 2,25 GHz 8-8-8-24 1,65 V in the year 2015? Cause I crashed on such a thing few times...

5 years down the road?? In 5 years we'll probably be @ 3000+ mhz at 1 volt. Maybe DDR 5?? 5 years is a long time for any computer part in this fast changing market

Somebody would use it. It's not bad to sometimes buy the ex-top product, many of such motherboards offer great add-on things (WiFi etc.) for good money after 5 years+. But RAM tends to degrade too much. It's sometimes problem to bring them work on settings they are made for and not only those extreme ones. E.g. I had to set +0,3 V on old Corsair 2GB kit to make them work on reference 800 MHz.