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We took a look at a PC2-7200 kit from OCZ last year and it proved to be one of the best kits we've ever laid our mitts on. Today we are taking a look at another PC2-7200 kit, approved and branded by NVIDIA. Are we going to be impressed once again?
You can read the full review here and discuss it here.
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Can you verify what ICs they are using? D9GMH, D9GKX, or others?
Other than that, this is a great review, thanks
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My question is this: Is there any demonstrable improvement in performance by using NVidia-branded OCZ memory with an NVidia GPU instead of OCZ-branded OCZ memory?
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There would be no difference whatsoever. They are just proven to work with SLI-Ready products, so it's certified. It's all marketing ;-)
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Other than the EPP, there is nothing different than regular OCZ memory. SLI-Certified RAM is basicly almost the same as a Window's Vista Certified keyboard and mouse
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It's for people who don't overclock and just want a "simple" OC. Overclocking it yourself, you'd get a FAR better overclock no question. They were not that price when they were first released. If I recall correctly, they were hovering around $400.
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Also, is it just me or does $292 seem a bit expensive for this kit of RAM? OCZ's PC2 8500 SLI Ready RAM is only $189.99, looks same and everything. Only difference I see is that this kit is 4-4-3-15 and the 8500 is 5-5-5-15, but a lot of the people that have the PC2 8500 kit says the timings can be tightened by a lot when running DDR 800 so it shouldn't be that different compared to the PC2-7200 version.
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WOW that was like the only part I skipped lol.
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That'll teach ya
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Somebody use this memory on P5B series motherboards, how it feel?
What memory for this motherboard will be better for use: OCZ 2GB PC2-7200 SLI-Ready Edition(Rating only 8?) or OCZ 2GB PC2-7200 EPP Platinum(9-better?) Thank You! |
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Some SLI motherboards will take the EPP profiles of thes "SLI ready" ram sticks and do some of the hard work for you. If I didn't already have great ram, I'd certainly consider these.
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They are the same... the kit that received an 8 was thanks to the fact that it's an EXPENSIVE kit to buy. Do yourself a favor and purchase the OCZ 2GB SLI-Ready PC2-8500 kit... it costs less than the 7200 version.
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My stable settings are below rated speeds but look at the timings ![]() Read/write/copy speeds aren't bad at all also
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