G.SKILL F2-9600CL5D-4GBPI Sample testing

[Roger_D25]

LuckySevn - Those GEIL Evo One modules are very decent and I almost got them instead of these GSkill 4GBI's (plus their much cheaper)! $300 is indeed very expensive for a 4GB kit of DDR2 but after having them for a week or so I'm very happy I bought them and will definately keep them for a while (at least until I make the switch to i7).

In regards to the IC's used on these modules I'm not 100% sure because the heatspreader is difficult to remove (much harder than my last kit of GSKill RAM that had the clips instead of the adhesive thermal pad used now). However I was able to carefully pull-up one side of one of the modules and they look just like this I think (but its hard to say without fully removing the heatspreader)

If I am able to safely remove the heatspreader I will take a few high-resolution photos and post them ASAP! I can also say that this kit scales pretty well with increased voltage (just like Denny's results show at the beginning of this thead). I didn't go past 2.10v in BIOS (which overvolts to about 2.18v-2.21v) but I feel confident that it would have continued scalling for a bit.

You had also asked about Vista and if these modules run on it, well my kit is running very strong on both WinXP SP2 and Vista 64-bit SP1. I haven't had a single issues with either OS and I've done lots of benchmaking and gaming on both OS's. I'm surprised your not having any luck with Vista using those Evo One modules but its clear from your picture above that the 4GBPI's are using different IC's (at least from what I saw and what I think they are). I'm even more interested in pulling this darn heatspreader off but like everyone else I also don't want to kill my very expensive RAM! Let me know if you want any specific Vista/XP results or tests and I'll do the best I can.