Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad QX6700 @ 3GHz (9x333MHz) Motherboard: GIGABYTE P35-DQ6 (Supplied by GIGABYTE) Hard Disk: 1TB Seagate 7200.11 (Supplied by Seagate Australia) Graphics Card: MSI GeForce 8800GTS 640MB (Supplied by MSI) Cooling: GIGABYTE 3D Galaxy II (Supplied by GIGABYTE) Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP SP2 Drivers: Intel INF 8.3.1.1009, Forceware 163.21
Our test system makes use of the P35 chipset on GIGABYTE’s P35-DQ6. We use this board over the X38 as we have found it to overclock more readily than the X38 FSB since it runs cooler. We compared the XLR8 modules to our Geil reference memory which has managed to break the 1200MHz DDR2 barrier.
We clocked the Geil down to 550MHz for comparison in our overclocked tests where it used the exact same 5-5-5-15 timings, so it will be interesting to see how they both fair side by side. Our stock speeds were down with a DDR2-800MHz setting in BIOS and the timings wound down as low as possible too. The Geil managed 4-4-3-12 and the XLR8 at 4-4-4-12.
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At stock speeds both modules perform almost identically, the Geil is just able to gain a few extra points. At overclocked we see both perform on par.
