 Unreal Tournament 2003 |
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 640x480 Flyby
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AMD (FSB/Memory)
|
FPS |
Ranking |
| 1. |
512MB KingMAX SuperRAM
PC3500 (200/400) |
240.58 |
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| 2. |
512MB KingMAX SuperRAM
PC3500 (216/432) |
241.63 |
 |
| UT2003 640x480
Botmatch |
|
AMD (FSB/Memory) |
FPS |
Ranking |
| 1. |
512MB KingMAX SuperRAM
PC3500 (200/400) |
79.53 |
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| 2. |
512MB KingMAX SuperRAM
PC3500 (216/432) |
81 |
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Well it
looks like UT2003 works pretty well with the KingMAX memory, though
overclocking does not bring about any significant improvement in game
speed.
Economics Drive the DRAM market
The PC3500 Kingmax RAM provides good
performance for the mainstream user, but doesn't handle overclocking as
well. Other individuals that I know have had much better luck it
seems, but we have to accept the numbers that we produced and not rely on conjecture. The
DIMM we tested is not the best overclocker but with a retail price of $155 CDN ($115 US) it is very economical for a stock
system user.
If you're more of an everyday user who doesn't push their systems to the edge
then the KingMAX SuperRAM PC3500 will work just fine. They do look pretty nice
with the red PCB so I'm sure there'll be some of you who buy it just for the
looks.
Performance of the memory was moderate, even at 200 MHz FSB
they would only run at 2-3-3-6 timings, With a voltage of 2.8V they went up to about 216
MHz FSB. The overclock for some reason didn't seem to boost the benchmark
numbers very much, I guess the relatively lax memory timings are to blame here.
We didn't have problems mixing the KingMAX memory module with other memory when
running dual channel in both our AMD, and Intel test systems, so I don't think you
will run into any compatibility problems.
Bottom line, if you're looking for some economical memory
that isn't the avoid-at-all-costs
generic stuff, then the KingMAX will serve you very well indeed.
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