 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 |
|
AMD (FSB/Memory) |
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 GeIL PC3500 (166/333 MHz) |
233.56 |
 |
| 4. |
2x 256MB GeIL PC3500 (208/416 MHz) |
244.11 |
|
|
Intel (FSB/Memory) |
|
|
| 1. |
2x 256MB GeIL PC3500 (133/354 MHz) |
170.33 |
|
| 2. |
2x 256MB GeIL PC3500 (170/453 MHz) |
215.82 |
|
| UT2003 Demo 640x480
Botmatch |
|
AMD (FSB/Memory) |
FPS |
Ranking |
| 1. |
2x 256MB Corsair XMS3500 (166/333 MHz) |
75.61 |
|
| 2. |
2x 256MB OCZ PC2700 EL (166/333 MHz) |
75.61 |
|
| 3. |
2x 256MB GeIL PC3500 (166/333 MHz) |
75.89 |
|
| 4. |
2x 256MB GeIL PC3500 (208/416 MHz) |
79.21 |
|
|
Intel (FSB/Memory) |
|
|
| 1. |
2x 256MB GeIL PC3500 (133/354 MHz) |
56.77 |
|
| 2. |
2x 256MB GeIL PC3500 (170/453 MHz) |
72.16 |
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The AMD
based system does not get as large a performance boost from overclocking here
with UT2003, but the Intel rig scales quite nicely. Of course this is mainly due
to the much higher overall CPU
speed.
Conclusions:
Even though the GeIL
PC3500 DC memory are not the highest overclocking DIMM's we've ever tested, in terms of the
price/performance ratio they're near the top. As you could see with an AMD based system we
were able to push the memory to 208 MHz FSB while maintaining the most aggressive
memory timings.
On SPD, we were easily able to run the memory at
its rated 216 MHz on the Epox 8RGA+ but performance was lower due to the looser
timings. The GeIL memory seemed to like our Intel test rig quite a bit, and we were
able to hit a high of 452 MHz memory frequency while using the most aggressive
memory timings.
With a retail price of $180
CDN ($120 US), the GeIL PC3500 DC memory kit is quite inexpensive for
performance memory. As I mentioned earlier it is $75 CDN ($50 US) cheaper then
Corsair's TwinX XMS3200 LL so there is hope yet for those budget overclockers out
there! =)
I
was a bit surprised to see the GeIL PC3500 memory used 5ns DRAM instead
of the advertised 4.5 ns DRAM. Apparently our particular samples were using mislabelled DRAM...
If
you're looking for better then average overclocking memory but are on a budget, GeIL
is definitely an option you should consider.
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