| Memory Speed / Bus Speed |
Timings |
Int Buff'd |
Float Buff'd |
| 1200MHz / 1600MHz |
5-5-5-12 |
8046MB/s |
8014MB/s |
| 1244MHz / 1600MHz |
5-5-5-12 |
8159MB/s |
8086MB/s |
Anything above 1244MHz I
had to loosen the timings up so much that the performance
was lower, 1244MHz is the speed I decided was the max overclock, based on performance.

| Speed |
Timings |
Read |
Write |
Copy |
Latency |
| 1200MHz / 1600MHz |
5-5-5-12 |
10516MB/s |
7222MB/s |
7613MB/s |
49.1ns |
| 1244MHz / 1600MHz |
5-5-5-12 |
10593MB/s |
7289MB/s |
7664MB/s |
47.7ns |
Everest tests the memory in a bunch of different ways.
That's one of the reasons I like to use it. Overall, the
memory performed very well. Lastly, I used PCmark05's
memory test.

| Speed |
Timings |
Score |
| 1200MHz / 1600MHz |
5-5-5-12 |
7006 |
| 1244MHz / 1600MHz |
5-5-5-12 |
7054 |
As you can see
from the above scores, the overclock really didn't make a
noticeable difference. I wasn't able to get much more
than default speed, but this memory is already cranked up
pretty high.
Conclusion
It's nice to see that DDR2 has a lot of life left. There
are not very many companies offering 1200MHz DDR2.
Newegg lists 4 companies selling 1200Mhz DDR2 or higher.
Let's talk about the rating system for a second.
Innovation is going to be high purely because of speed.
Only a handful of companies are offering DDR2 at this speed.
Performance, Quality and Stability are high because the
product performed very well and maintained the enhanced
latency settings even overclocked. Overclocking is
where we had some problems. It's hard to score
overclocking on a product that is already overclocked very
high. Just the fact that it still had some headroom,
impressed me. Lastly the value score. This one
is a toss up. DDR2 is very inexpensive right now.
However, 1200MHz DDR2 is not your typical DDR2.
Basically if you want the some of the fastest DDR2 stock
speed memory, you're going to have to pay for it.
Lastly, this memory rocks! Most of the other memory at
this speed requires a little more voltage and some exotic
cooling, whether it's heatpipes, fins or water cooling.
Patriot gets this speed by using the standard Patriot
heatspreaders. Club Overclocker
Recommended.
|
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Innovation: |
9.5 out of 10 |
|
Performance: |
9.5 out of
10 |
|
Quality: |
9.5 out of
10 |
|
Stability: |
9.5 out of 10 |
|
Overclocking: |
7.0 out of 10 |
|
Software/Drivers Pack: |
N/A |
|
Value: |
7.5 out of 10 |
|
Overall Rating
8.5 |
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Project Skill
Level (10 being most difficult) |
4 out of
10 |
