OCZ EL PC-4000 2GB Gold GX XTC

Performance:

For many of our recent DDR reviews we have chosen to go with Tyan's fabulous Tomcat K8E-SLI S2866 motherboard that is based off the nForce Professional 2200 Chipset, in all of our tests has proven to be an exceptional performing motherboard, and offers great compatibility with Linux. Although the motherboard is not designed for enthusiasts, but rather for intensive workstations and servers, it has had no troubles reaching PC-4000 memory speeds in the past and is truly a top-notch motherboard. However, its MSRP may send many overclockers and enthusiasts bonkers. Below are all of the system components and system software versions.

For benchmarking the memory modules, we will be abiding by our usual DDR/DDR2 Linux benchmarks that consist of Enemy Territory, Doom 3, Quake 4, LAME Compilation, LAME Encoding, FreeBench, and RAMspeed. After spending a great deal of time with the modules, running at PC-3200 speeds the UCCC chips were unable to run any lower than CAS 3. Using the Winchester core is to blame due to its integrated memory controller that isn't able to handle larger memory capacities as well as the Venice and San Diego. Pumping up the frequency to allow the memory to run at PC-4000 speeds the memory timings were maintained at 3-4-3-8, as we still were not able to reach any lower than CAS 3 even with a memory voltage increase. For comparison purposes, we also ran the previously reviewed OCZ EB DDR PC-4000 2GB Platinum at DDR-500 speeds with identical timings. The comparative modules are Infineon based with a part number of HYB25D512800CE-6. As usual, memory stressing and diagnostics were carried out through memtest86+ v1.65.

1800MHz (200MHz x 9) - DDR-400MHz @ 3-4-3-8 1T - 2.80V
2025MHz (225MHz x 9) - DDR-450MHz @ 3-4-3-8 1T - 2.80V
2250MHz (250MHz x 9) - DDR-500MHz @ 3-4-3-8 1T - 2.80V
OCZ EB Platinum: 2250MHz (250MHz x 9) - DDR-500MHz @ 3-4-3-8 1T - 2.80V