Conclusion
Testing:
AMD X2 4800+
MSI K9N Neo-F motherboard
OCZ PC2 8500 2*1024MB
Sapphire X300 video card
Maxtor IDE 133 80GB HDD 7200 RPM
Zalman ZM460-APS
The memory will be tested with the following software, Sisoft Sandra XI Professional, Everest Home Edition, SuperPi and Pcmark2005.
Comparison is vs Corsair 8888C4DE memory kit which performed well during out testing.
Pcmark2005:
We ran the memory test in Pcmark2005 to compare these kits vs each other, the higher score the better is what counts in this test and we can see that the Mushkin performs better.
SuperPi:
In SuperPi we ran the 8M test to really get the difference in performance. We can see that they get the same performance in this test.
Overclocking:
This test clearly shows what a bit of overclocking can do, the funny thing is that this kit is specced for 1066 but we ran it at 1267MHz.
We can see that we were able to raise the FSB from 266 to 316 FSB. We were even able to boot the computer into Windows at 325 FSB but we could not get it stable enough for a SuperPi run.
Timings:
We ran some tests at lower timings but the 5-5-4-12 is the stock timings and those are pretty much the lowest we could go at with this board. The ram ran at 5-5-4-11 with the 316FSB setting, the lower latency the better of course.
Conclusion:
The overclocking results show that this is a powerful kit we have reviewed. In both stock speed and overclocking we have seen it beat a heavy contender as Corsair 8888 kit. Overclocking wise we were able to push is quite far above the specified ratings that Mushkin promised. The only con I can see is the price as this kit sells for around 300$ this is although a bit lower than most other high speed ram kits on the market.
Pros:
+ Fast
+ Overclocks well
+ Well packed
+ Stable performance
Cons:
-Price?
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