First Look: Corsair CM3X1024-1333C9DHX

Written by Richard Swinburne

May 28, 2007 | 14:04

Tags: #1333 #analysis #benchmark #cas #ddr3 #pictures #ras #testing #xms3

Companies: #asus #corsair

Gaming Performance:


Call of Duty 2

1600x1200 2xAA 8xAF, Maximum Detail

  • DDR3-800MHz 5-4-4-8
  • DDR3-1066MHz 7-7-7-15
  • DDR3-1333MHz 9-9-9-24
  • DDR3-1520MHz 9-9-9-24
  • DDR2-800MHz 3-4-4-9
  • DDR2-1066MHz 5-5-4-12
  • 49.1
  • 49.1
  • 49.2
  • 49.3
  • 48.9
  • 47.4
0
10
20
30
40
50
Frames Per Second - higher is better

Quake 4

1600x1200 2xAA 8xAF, Maximum Detail

  • DDR3-800MHz 5-4-4-8
  • DDR3-1066MHz 7-7-7-15
  • DDR3-1333MHz 9-9-9-24
  • DDR3-1520MHz 9-9-9-24
  • DDR2-800MHz 3-4-4-9
  • DDR2-1066MHz 5-5-4-12
  • 92.3
  • 90.5
  • 91.3
  • 92.3
  • 91.9
  • 92.3
0
25
50
75
100
Frames Per Second - higher is better

Half Life 2 - Episode 1

1600x1200 2xAA 8xAF, Maximum Detail

  • DDR3-800MHz 5-4-4-8
  • DDR3-1066MHz 7-7-7-15
  • DDR3-1333MHz 9-9-9-24
  • DDR3-1520MHz 9-9-9-24
  • DDR2-800MHz 3-4-4-9
  • DDR2-1066MHz 5-5-4-12
  • 77.7
  • 77.7
  • 77.8
  • 77.8
  • 77.7
  • 78.5
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Frames Per Second - higher is better

There is very little difference in performance between DDR2 and DDR3 in high resolution gaming scenarios with AA/AF enabled. Again, the result is dependent on the game engine but there are fractions of FPS difference between the fastest results of 1333MHz+ DDR3 and DDR2.
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