Geil memory!!???

[asafsarid]

hey,
Geil memory will be good for AMD 2500+ on Abit NF7-S???
this:
GeIL DDR-RAM 256MB 3500 Golden Dragon Series Retail Memory
or this:
GeIL DDR-RAM 256MB 3500 Ultra Platinum Memory

they will be good or not!?

[skate2snow]

i think GD have nothing of different then the normal (i heard that in a tread i think) i whould go for ultra Platinum. but you are not taking 2x256???

[Intronic]

Don't get GeiL if you have AMD, get mushkin.

[Craig]

Originally posted by Intronic
Don't get GeiL if you have AMD, get mushkin.

Agreed! Just make sure it's the Lvl 2 black PC3500 Mushkin!

Mushkin Lvl 2 black PC3500 is the best RAM out right now.

[skate2snow]

no mushkin is for Intel coze Intel needs 2-2-2-6. for AMD its less important

[Soulburner]

Originally posted by skate2snow
no mushkin is for Intel coze Intel needs 2-2-2-6. for AMD its less important

Its the best for BOTH.

Period. GeiL cannot beat BH5.

[skate2snow]

but i will never say that geil beat it for me geil is one of the worst you should not go whit it

[bias_hjorth]

wouldnt take the Golden Dragon. A friend of mine wrote a test about them on our site and they basicly suck...
2x256 mb pc3500 geil golden on a fully moddet nf7-s only reached 225fsb regardless of timings and voltage..

[mrzee]

Originally posted by skate2snow
no mushkin is for Intel coze Intel needs 2-2-2-6. for AMD its less important

It is exactly the opposite. Tight timings are a must with AMD,
not quite as important with Intel.
edit;
Geil = Intel
Mushkin = AMD or Intel w/ 5:4 divider

[Soulburner]

Originally posted by mrzee
It is exactly the opposite. Tight timings are a must with AMD,
not quite as important with Intel.

I think this is a common misconception. It is important for both.

From my experience benching this system, timings are VERY important to its performance. The numbers you get vary drastically whether you have 2-2-2-5 capable memory or not.

[mrzee]

Originally posted by Soulburner
I think this is a common misconception. It is important for both.

From my experience benching this system, timings are VERY important to its performance. The numbers you get vary drastically whether you have 2-2-2-5 capable memory or not.

Read my edit.

[tritium]

I must agree. Stay away from Geil RAM if at all possible. I tried it twice with not much luck.

But some people love it.

[Tedinde]

Period. GeiL cannot beat BH5

I have some original Geil 3500 platinum, i bought it when it first came out. Runs cas 2-2-2-5@ 240 1:1, Pulled the HS off and it was BH5's.

I've had good luck with geil always, and have been using golden dragaon 3200 for customers computers, just cause it so dam cheap!!! low $40's for 256 sticks.

I've never had a problem with geil. I still have my copper geil 3200's and copper 3500's.

Guess im one of the lucky one's. I've had my geil 4300 up to 290 1:1, and seen it higher from the person i bought it from.

I've got mushkin lvl2 here, kingston,corsair,kingmax,crucial,buffalo,samsung,d ifferent speeds of it all.

I've had luck with all of them.

[Goldlocke]

see my sig! no probs with geil golden dragon. as mushkin lvl 2 are not available in AT for reasonable prices.

timings 11-3-2-2 @ FSB240. d10 bios.

[Tettejaak]

I bought the ultra platinum cause it was pretty cheap and not available in belgium. I just wanted to test it. So i bought 2x256(and recieved 2x512) It does around 230 but with 6-3-3 timings. So if you want ram for benching, i wouldn't get it. But for every day use it's just fine.

[asafsarid]

look here!
http://www.extremeoverclocking.com/r...ra_Plat_1.html
is sais that it is good and got 10/10 mark, and runs with good timings, donno, it is cheap and I see that some ppl sais that it is great, and they did good OC with that memory and some sais that I need to stay away from GeIL...

[hatemi]

A Finnish reviewer has tested both ultra platinum and golden dragon and the results speak for themselves. UP 250@2522 and GD not even rated speed no mater what he tried!
Believe his UP is BH-5 cos it works so well at those timings. Newer sticks might not be as good tough

[BigDov]

I didn't have any problems with the Gold Dragon stuff when I had it...... it's in the wife's KD7 now, running just fine. Although, not at rated speed.