 Unreal Tournament 2003 Demo |
Source: Epic |
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Unreal Tournament 2003 is the sequel to 1999's
multiple 'Game of the Year' award winner. It uses the very latest Unreal Engine
technology - where graphics, sound and gameplay are taken beyond the bleeding
edge. Unreal Tournament 2003 employs the use of Vertex as well as Pixel Shaders
and it's recommended that you use a DirectX 8 videocard to get the most out of
the game.
| UT2003 Demo 640x480
Flyby |
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Video Card |
FPS |
Ranking |
| 1. |
2x 256MB
Corsair XMS3500 (166/333 MHz) |
231.69 |
 |
| 2. |
2x 256MB
OCZ PC2700 EL (166/333 MHz) |
231.75 |
 |
| 3. |
2x 256MB OCZ PC2700 EL (190/380 MHz) |
238.74 |
|
| UT2003 Demo 640x480
Botmatch |
|
Video Card |
FPS |
Ranking |
| 1. |
2x 256MB
Corsair XMS3500 (166/333 MHz) |
75.61 |
|
| 2. |
2x 256MB
OCZ PC2700 EL (166/333 MHz) |
75.61 |
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| 3. |
2x 256MB OCZ PC2700 EL (190/380 MHz) |
77.47 |
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In UT2003 we find a slight performance increase with the faster FSB
settings.
Conclusions
While the OCZ
PC2700 EL dual channel memory kit
was only mediocre in terms of overclocking, with a retail price of $255
CDN ($165 US) it's about $40 CDN cheaper then two 256MB Corsair's XMS2700 modules, and
about $100 cheaper then two 256MB Corsair's XMS3500 CAS2 DIMM's!
The OCZ PC2700 El Dual Channel memory kit performed quite well and
we did not have any compatibility problems with the Epox 8RDA+ (nForce2 SPP)
mainboard we used for testing. I guess we can attribute this good fortune to the
fact that this memory comes from a "dual channel kit".
While the black aluminum heat spreaders are more for show, they certainly do make the memory
modules look very "cool". When we took off the heatsinks we found that the DRAM had OCZ
markings on it and the DRAM had a 4ns rating. Even with such high
speed DRAM we were only able to hit a maximum of 190 MHz FSB
with the most aggressive timings, and 200 MHz if we used conservative ones.
At 190 MHz FSB most applications saw between a 3-5% speed increase which is
very good considering we kept the CPU speed within 15 MHz of stock speeds! In the end,
if you're looking for some inexpensive memory but don't want the usual generic stuff your
local computer store carries, check out the OCZ PC2700 EL Dual Channel memory kit.
It's guaranteed to run nicely together and offers quite a bit of value!
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