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Crucial Ballistix PC3-12800 CL8 2GB DDR3-1600 Memory Kit Review
Crucial Ballistix PC3-12800 CL8 2GB DDR3-1600 Memory Kit Review - PCSTATS
DDR3 memory is all the hype right now, particularly with Intel's X38 chipset making waves. Crucial's entry into the enthusiast class DDR3 memory line the 2GB Ballistix PC3-12800 CL8 memory kit.
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DDR3 Memory Benchmarks: 3DMark06, Doom 3, FEAR

Futuremark 3DMark06 1.1.0 Source: FutureMark

3DMark06 is the worldwide standard in advanced 3D game performance benchmarking. A fundamental tool for every company in the PC industry as well as PC users and gamers, 3DMark06 uses advanced real-time 3D game workloads to measure PC performance using a suite of DirectX 9 3D graphics tests, CPU tests, and 3D feature tests. 3DMark06 tests include all new HDR/SM3.0 graphics tests, SM2.0 graphics tests, AI and physics driven single and multiple cores or processor CPU tests and a collection of comprehensive feature tests to reliably measure next generation gaming performance today.

PCSTATS Benchmark ReportFuturemark 3DMark06 1.1.0:
Overall Points Ranking
Corsair Twin3X2048-1800C7D (333/1333) 9261
Super Talent W1866UX2G8 DDR3-1866 (333/1333) 9262
Crucial Ballistix PC3-12800 (333/1333) 9260
Crucial Ballistix PC3-12800 (445/1780) 9280
CPU Points Ranking
Corsair Twin3X2048-1800C7D (333/1333) 2385
Super Talent W1866UX2G8 DDR3-1866 (333/1333) 2385
Crucial Ballistix PC3-12800 (333/1333) 2388
Crucial Ballistix PC3-12800 (445/1780) 2399

3DMark06 results for the Crucial Ballistix PC3-12800 CL8 memory in both stock and overclocked settings are very close. This benchmark is more of a videocard stress test as you can see...

ID Software Doom 3 1.3 Source: id Software

Doom 3 takes advantage of the latest videocard technology and pushes the processing power of the CPU to its absolute limit. At its highest setting, Ultra quality, texture sizes pass the 500MB mark which means even tomorrow's videocards will have a hard time running everything. The frame rates in the game itself are locked at 60 fps so anything above that point is wasted. Each test is run three times with the third run being recorded.

PCSTATS Benchmark ReportID Software Doom 3
LQ 640x480 FPS Ranking
Corsair Twin3X2048-1800C7D (333/1333) 218.5
Super Talent W1866UX2G8 DDR3-1866 (333/1333) 213.2
Crucial Ballistix PC3-12800 (333/1333) 220.1
Crucial Ballistix PC3-12800 (445/1780) 230.5

Despite the relatively low bandwidth in Sandra, Doom 3 framerates are pretty good and overclocking boosts scores nicely.

Sierra FEAR 1.08

Source: Sierra

FEAR is Sierra's latest first person shooter which relies heavily on DirectX 9 features. With its "Soft Shadows" feature enabled, even the fastest videocards run at a crawl, FEAR is definitely the new benchmark for future FPS games to follow.

PCSTATS Benchmark ReportSierra FEAR
Minimum Settings 640x480: FPS Ranking
Corsair Twin3X2048-1800C7D (333/1333) 571
Super Talent W1866UX2G8 DDR3-1866 (333/1333) 573
Crucial Ballistix PC3-12800 (333/1333) 577
Crucial Ballistix PC3-12800 (445/1780) 583

All DDR3 memory platforms perform about the same in FEAR, even overclocking the Crucial Ballistix PC3-12800 CL8 memory does not boost framerates as much as we expected.

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Contents of Article: Crucial Ballistix PC3-12800 CL8
 Pg 1.  Crucial Ballistix PC3-12800 CL8 2GB DDR3-1600 Memory Kit Review
 Pg 2.  Understanding the Basics of DDR3 Memory
 Pg 3.  Crucial DDR3 Ballistix Overclocked
 Pg 4.  DDR3 Memory Benchmarks: Sandra XI, WinRAR, PCMark05
 Pg 5.  — DDR3 Memory Benchmarks: 3DMark06, Doom 3, FEAR
 Pg 6.  Max Memory Overclocking Chart and Conclusions

 
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