Transcend 1GB DDR500 Memory

Memory Performance:

Our Test System:

• Intel Pentium 4 3.0C 800MHz FSB (Intel ES unlocked Sample)
• ABIT IC7-MAX3 Canterwood Motherboard
• nVidia 5900 Ultra 256mb (nVidia refference)
• Thermalright SLK-900U w/80cfm Delta (Air Cooled)
• Seagate 120Gb Serial ATA 150 Hard drive
• Thermaltake PurePower 480W Power Supply
• 17″ Sony Trinitron monitor

Driver Versions:

• NVIDIA Detonator 52.16
• Intel Chipset Software Utility 5.00.1012
• Intel Application Accelerator v2.3
• ABIT BIOS version Beta 13

Testing Procedure :

All testing was done on a fresh install of Windows XP Professional build 2600 with Service Pack 1A and DirectX 9.0b. All benchmarks were completed on the desktop with no other software programs running. No overclocking was done on the video card unless noted. Our testing processor was an unlocked Intel Pentium 4 3.0C. Our testing was done at 250×12 = 3.0GHz with H/T enabled. The audio, USB, Firewire, and lan features were disabled in the BIOS menu for all the testing competed during this review.

All testing was completed at 2.8Vdimm unless otherwise noted!

Sisoft; Sandra 2004:

Sisoft Sandra 2004 is designed to test the theoretical power of a complete system and individual components. The numbers taken though are, again, purely theoretical and may not represent real world performance. Higher numbers represent better performance in memory bandwidth.

Results: It should be noted that the Transcend and Kingston HyperX modules with the Samsung IC’s will not post at a CAS Latency lower than 3 due to the Samsung Revision “C” IC’s. Kingston HyperX with Hynix IC’s is able to post at a CAS Latency of 2.5, and 3 when run at 500MHz DDR.