Mushkin XP2-8500 4 GB

W1zzard · May 22, 2007, 07:35 PM

To read this review go to: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/M.../XP2-8500-4GB/

Dark Ride · May 23, 2007, 07:26 PM

Nice review of a great memory kit!

WarEagleAU · May 23, 2007, 07:46 PM

Ketxxx has been preaching that Mushkin is a great maker of memory. This just further reinforces it.

Grings · May 23, 2007, 07:49 PM

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On the upper part you find the typical Mushkin heatspreader form which allows a little tube to be inserted through it for water cooling your memory

well done, i think thats the first time ive seen this pointed out in a review

DaMulta · May 23, 2007, 08:51 PM

Why does it run better with a lower clock?

BvB123 · May 23, 2007, 09:47 PM

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7 x 312 1:1 312 MHz 3-2-2-4 2.15V 6065 MB/s 5616 MB/s 82.2 ns 412.7 fps 27599 25.70 s

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7 x 295 1:1 295 MHz 3-2-2-4 2.35V 6403 MB/s 5927 MB/s 77.6 ns 433.1 fps 28466 24.39 s

There is something wrong....

Ripper3 · May 23, 2007, 09:49 PM

I get really confused with DDR2 benchmarks. DDR1 was much simpler, but then again, also more limited...
Interesting to see how higher and lower memory clocks affect applications. And the Q3 demo results were confusing... It was running better at lower clocks... like DaMulta said.

Urlyin · May 23, 2007, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Ripper3

I get really confused with DDR2 benchmarks. DDR1 was much simpler, but then again, also more limited...
Interesting to see how higher and lower memory clocks affect applications. And the Q3 demo results were confusing... It was running better at lower clocks... like DaMulta said.

This gives you added flexibility in situations where you can to reduce the clocks a bit but tighten the timings.

W1zzard · May 23, 2007, 10:42 PM

OUCH that's supposed to be 329 FSB -> 1:1 329 mem .. fixing the numbers

DRDNA · May 23, 2007, 10:49 PM

lol , now its reading clearly

W1zzard · May 23, 2007, 10:50 PM

table and graphs updated. sorry for the confusion

Urlyin · May 24, 2007, 02:23 AM

I hope you guys can appreciate the pain in the arse it can be sometimes benching for all those different timings and keeping those numbers straight .. can start to run together when you set down to do the graphs ... and to think he was worried about the graph colors ...

hehe

May 22, 2007, 07:35 PM	#1
W1zzard Benevolent Dictator Join Date: May 2004 Location: Stuttgart, Germany Posts: 13,758 (4.18/day) Thanks: 184 Thanked 10,207 Times in 3,156 Posts System Specs	Mushkin XP2-8500 4 GB To read this review go to: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/M.../XP2-8500-4GB/ Last edited by W1zzard; May 23, 2007 at 10:42 PM.

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May 23, 2007, 07:26 PM	#2
Dark Ride Mushkin Rep Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Europe Posts: 534 (0.19/day) Thanks: 6 Thanked 29 Times in 7 Posts	Nice review of a great memory kit! __________________

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WarEagleAU Bird of Prey Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Gurley, AL Posts: 9,994 (3.99/day) Thanks: 3,810 Thanked 557 Times in 521 Posts System Specs	Ketxxx has been preaching that Mushkin is a great maker of memory. This just further reinforces it. __________________ =-TheEagle-= http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=62454 “You crazy? Surfing any website without an antivirus is like freaking with a dirty woman without protection” -OzzmanFloyd120 - Edited for content and clarity

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DaMulta My stars went supernova Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Oklahoma T-Town Posts: 10,337 (4.17/day) Thanks: 1,449 Thanked 1,477 Times in 1,113 Posts System Specs	Why does it run better with a lower clock? __________________ ocLIT The Hardware Punishers

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May 23, 2007, 09:49 PM	#7
Ripper3 Join Date: May 2007 Location: London, England Posts: 1,194 (0.54/day) Thanks: 66 Thanked 119 Times in 115 Posts System Specs	I get really confused with DDR2 benchmarks. DDR1 was much simpler, but then again, also more limited... Interesting to see how higher and lower memory clocks affect applications. And the Q3 demo results were confusing... It was running better at lower clocks... like DaMulta said.

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May 23, 2007, 10:42 PM	#9
W1zzard Benevolent Dictator Join Date: May 2004 Location: Stuttgart, Germany Posts: 13,758 (4.18/day) Thanks: 184 Thanked 10,207 Times in 3,156 Posts System Specs	OUCH that's supposed to be 329 FSB -> 1:1 329 mem .. fixing the numbers

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May 23, 2007, 10:50 PM	#11
W1zzard Benevolent Dictator Join Date: May 2004 Location: Stuttgart, Germany Posts: 13,758 (4.18/day) Thanks: 184 Thanked 10,207 Times in 3,156 Posts System Specs	table and graphs updated. sorry for the confusion

May 24, 2007, 02:23 AM	#12
Urlyin Senior Moderator Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,132 (0.67/day) Thanks: 61 Thanked 124 Times in 77 Posts	I hope you guys can appreciate the pain in the arse it can be sometimes benching for all those different timings and keeping those numbers straight .. can start to run together when you set down to do the graphs ... and to think he was worried about the graph colors ... hehe __________________ Open your mind and shut your mouth

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