Mushkin Redline XP4000: Winbond with Voltage Be Damned
by Wesley Fink on May 16, 2005 12:05 AM EST- Posted in
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OCZ started it all with their VX series memory. Combine Winbond die chips with voltages of up to 3.6V and you can likely reach over DDR500 at the fastest 2-2-2 timings. That grew into a successful line of OCZ VX memory that ranges from Value VX to a VX rated at DDR 500 2-2-2. Value VX impressed us with bang for the buck in our Value RAM roundup, and DDR500 2-2-2 VX is the fastest memory (in terms of bandwidth) that we have tested on the AMD Athlon 64 platform.
Now, Mushkin has introduced their own Winbond chip memory designed for high voltage and DDR500 2-2-2 performance. It's a natural fit for Mushkin, given their long working relationship with Winbond. It was only a matter of time until Mushkin managed to put together memory that could give the OCZ VX a run for the money.
Whoever at Mushkin came up with the Redline name should be congratulated. It's nice to see a memory with a catchy name instead of confusing model numbers with even more confusing naming schemes. Even the bright red heatspreader "says" Redline. But in the end, buyers grab the high voltage memory and a DFI nForce4 (or OCZ DDR Booster) for the performance. So, how does Mushkin Redline stack up in the all-important performance area?
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jermaink - Tuesday, July 12, 2005 - link
I'm just wondering what cooling was used for this RAM at the high voltages. I'm thinking of getting some, and I'm wondering if using a Zalman FB123 in 'silent mode' would be sufficient.melgross - Monday, May 30, 2005 - link
Well, here's something interesting for the DDR2 is too expensive crowd:http://www.eet.com/news/semi/showArticle.jhtml;jse...
Spajky - Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - link
@ fitten (#18): >there is no such thing as "super stable". It's either stable or it isn't< TRUE !I have a very special way of testing OC-ed hardware if is stable, check my site ...
@ Barkuti (#22): >A retest for the not that high clockspeed modules would be nice< I Agree, by maybe adding another test program for testing them, see my proposal downthere ...
Using Sandra mem.bench: the problem is that 95% of people do not understand properly, what are those results Sandra gives them & do not know how much impact have on real life PC performance. So for ordinary user, Sandra mem.benchmark tells a s**t!
My (research) article "about BENCH´ING MEMORY -real life"
with WinRAR´s built_in benchmark & hardware test" - on my site:
some tests/benchmarks & explanation HOW IT WORKS, is here directly:
http://freeweb.siol.net/jerman55/HP/benchMem.htm
[especially the yellow column is interesting!]
/sorry, I didn´t make any graphs/
Spajky - Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - link
@ fitten (#18): >there is no such thing as "super stable". It's either stable or it isn't< TRUE !I have a very special way of testing OC-ed hardware if is stable, check my site ...
@ Barkuti (#22): >A retest for the not that high clockspeed modules would be nice< I Agree, by maybe adding another test program for testing them, see my proposal downthere ...
Using Sandra mem.bench: the problem is that 95% of people do not understand properly, what are those results Sandra gives them & do not know how much impact have on real life PC performance. So for ordinary user, Sandra mem.benchmark tells a s**t!
My (research) article "about BENCH´ING MEMORY -real life"
with WinRAR´s built_in benchmark & hardware test" - on my site:
some tests/benchmarks & explanation HOW IT WORKS, is here directly:
http://freeweb.siol.net/jerman55/HP/benchMem.htm
[especially the yellow column is interesting!]
/sorry, I didn´t make any graphs/
Spajky - Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - link
@ fitten (#18): >there is no such thing as "super stable". It's either stable or it isn't< TRUE !I have a very special way of testing OC-ed hardware if is stable, check my site ...
@ Barkuti (#22): >A retest for the not that high clockspeed modules would be nice< I Agree, by maybe adding another test program for testing them, see my proposal downthere ...
Using Sandra mem.bench: the problem is that 95% of people do not understand properly, what are those results Sandra gives them & do not know how much impact have on real life PC performance. So for ordinary user, Sandra mem.benchmark tells a s**t!
My (research) article "about BENCH´ING MEMORY -real life"
with WinRAR´s built_in benchmark & hardware test" - on my site:
some tests/benchmarks & explanation HOW IT WORKS, is here directly:
http://freeweb.siol.net/jerman55/HP/benchMem.htm
[especially the yellow column is interesting!]
/sorry, I didn´t make any graphs/
Spajky - Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - link
@ fitten (#18): >there is no such thing as "super stable". It's either stable or it isn't< TRUE !I have a very special way of testing OC-ed hardware if is stable, check my site ...
@ Barkuti (#22): >A retest for the not that high clockspeed modules would be nice< I Agree, by maybe adding another test program for testing them, see my proposal downthere ...
Using Sandra mem.bench: the problem is that 95% of people do not understand properly, what are those results Sandra gives them & do not know how much impact have on real life PC performance. So for ordinary user, Sandra mem.benchmark tells a s**t!
My (research) article "about BENCH´ING MEMORY -real life"
with WinRAR´s built_in benchmark & hardware test" - on my site:
some tests/benchmarks & explanation HOW IT WORKS, is here directly:
http://freeweb.siol.net/jerman55/HP/benchMem.htm
[especially the yellow column is interesting!]
/sorry, I didn´t make any graphs/
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Spajky - Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - link
@ fitten (#18): >there is no such thing as "super stable". It's either stable or it isn't< TRUE !I have a very special way of testing OC-ed hardware if is stable, check my site ...
@ Barkuti (#22): >A retest for the not that high clockspeed modules would be nice< I Agree, by maybe adding another test program for testing them, see my proposal downthere ...
Using Sandra mem.bench: the problem is that 95% of people do not understand properly, what are those results Sandra gives them & do not know how much impact have on real life PC performance. So for ordinary user, Sandra mem.benchmark tells a s**t!
My (research) article "about BENCH´ING MEMORY -real life"
with WinRAR´s built_in benchmark & hardware test" - on my site:
some tests/benchmarks & explanation HOW IT WORKS, is here directly:
http://freeweb.siol.net/jerman55/HP/benchMem.htm
[especially the yellow column is interesting!]
/sorry, I didn´t make any graphs/
Spajky - Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - link
@ fitten (#18): >there is no such thing as "super stable". It's either stable or it isn't< TRUE !I have a very special way of testing OC-ed hardware if is stable, check my site ...
@ Barkuti (#22): >A retest for the not that high clockspeed modules would be nice< I Agree, by maybe adding another test program for testing them, see my proposal downthere ...
Using Sandra mem.bench: the problem is that 95% of people do not understand properly, what are those results Sandra gives them & do not know how much impact have on real life PC performance. So for ordinary user, Sandra mem.benchmark tells a s**t!
My (research) article "about BENCH´ING MEMORY -real life"
with WinRAR´s built_in benchmark & hardware test" - on my site:
some tests/benchmarks & explanation HOW IT WORKS, is here directly:
http://freeweb.siol.net/jerman55/HP/benchMem.htm
[especially the yellow column is interesting!]
/sorry, I didn´t make any graphs/
Spajky - Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - link
@ fitten (#18): >there is no such thing as "super stable". It's either stable or it isn't< TRUE !I have a very special way of testing OC-ed hardware if is stable, check my site ...
@ Barkuti (#22): >A retest for the not that high clockspeed modules would be nice< I Agree, by maybe adding another test program for testing them, see my proposal downthere ...
Using Sandra mem.bench: the problem is that 95% of people do not understand properly, what are those results Sandra gives them & do not know how much impact have on real life PC performance. So for ordinary user, Sandra mem.benchmark tells a s**t!
My (research) article "about BENCH´ING MEMORY -real life"
with WinRAR´s built_in benchmark & hardware test" - on my site:
some tests/benchmarks & explanation HOW IT WORKS, is here directly:
http://freeweb.siol.net/jerman55/HP/benchMem.htm
[especially the yellow column is interesting!]
/sorry, I didn´t make any graphs/
Spajky - Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - link
@ fitten (#18): >there is no such thing as "super stable". It's either stable or it isn't< TRUE !I have a very special way of testing OC-ed hardware if is stable, check my site ...
@ Barkuti (#22): >A retest for the not that high clockspeed modules would be nice< I Agree, by maybe adding another test program for testing them, see my proposal downthere ...
Using Sandra mem.bench: the problem is that 95% of people do not understand properly, what are those results Sandra gives them & do not know how much impact have on real life PC performance. So for ordinary user, Sandra mem.benchmark tells a s**t!
My (research) article "about BENCH´ING MEMORY -real life"
with WinRAR´s built_in benchmark & hardware test" - on my site:
some tests/benchmarks & explanation HOW IT WORKS, is here directly:
http://freeweb.siol.net/jerman55/HP/benchMem.htm
[especially the yellow column is interesting!]
/sorry, I didn´t make any graphs/