Kingston HyperX KHX9600D2K2/2G

Written by Richard Swinburne

June 21, 2007 | 14:18

Tags: #9600 #ddr2 #enthusiast #expensive #extreme #fast #overclocking #pc2

Companies: #hyperx #kingston

Gaming Platform Performance

Call of Duty 2

1024x768, 0xAF, 0xAA, Maximum Details

  • Kingston HyperX KHX9600D2K2/2G (800MHz)
  • Corsair CM2X1024-9136C5D (800MHz)
  • Corsair CM2X1024-10000C5D (800MHz)
  • Corsair CM2X1024-9136C5D (1142MHz)
  • Kingston HyperX KHX9600D2K2/2G (1200MHz)
  • Corsair CM2X1024-9136C5D (1200MHz)
  • Kingston HyperX KHX9600D2K2/2G (1232MHz)
  • Corsair CM2X1024-10000C5D (1250MHz)
  • 102.9
  • 103.4
  • 105.5
  • 104.5
  • 105.2
  • 105.5
  • 103.0
  • 106.1
0
25
50
75
100
Frames Per Second - higher is better

Quake 4

1024x768, 0xAF, 0xAA, Maximum Details

  • Kingston HyperX KHX9600D2K2/2G (800MHz)
  • Corsair CM2X1024-9136C5D (800MHz)
  • Corsair CM2X1024-10000C5D (800MHz)
  • Corsair CM2X1024-9136C5D (1142MHz)
  • Kingston HyperX KHX9600D2K2/2G (1200MHz)
  • Corsair CM2X1024-9136C5D (1200MHz)
  • Kingston HyperX KHX9600D2K2/2G (1232MHz)
  • Corsair CM2X1024-10000C5D (1250MHz)
  • 215.0
  • 218.5
  • 216.3
  • 216.4
  • 216.7
  • 216.3
  • 221.6
  • 220.3
0
50
100
150
200
250
Frames Per Second - higher is better

Half Life 2 - Episode 1

1024x768, 0xAF, 0xAA, Maximum Details

  • Kingston HyperX KHX9600D2K2/2G (800MHz)
  • Corsair CM2X1024-9136C5D (800MHz)
  • Corsair CM2X1024-10000C5D (800MHz)
  • Corsair CM2X1024-9136C5D (1142MHz)
  • Kingston HyperX KHX9600D2K2/2G (1200MHz)
  • Corsair CM2X1024-9136C5D (1200MHz)
  • Kingston HyperX KHX9600D2K2/2G (1232MHz)
  • Corsair CM2X1024-10000C5D (1250MHz)
  • 155.7
  • 149.0
  • 153.8
  • 152.1
  • 157.7
  • 153.8
  • 153.9
  • 155.3
0
25
50
75
100
125
150
175
Frames Per Second - higher is better

The overclocked Kingston HyperX seems to pull ahead slightly in Quake 4 and is overall a touch faster in Half Life 2: Episode One, and for the first time the Kingston outperforms the rest of the field at stock speeds. Overall, there's no noticeable difference in game play performance though.
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