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PC100 SDRAM v PC133 SDRAM REVIEW

"PC100 Sdram vs PC133 Sdram comparison showing the performance gain you will experience going from pc100 sdram to pc133 sdram, is it worth upgrading to the latest pc133 sdram?"

Is it worth replacing your PC100 memory with the faster PC133 memory?

GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION

PROCESSOR	AMD DURON 750MHZ
VIDEO CARD	PALIT DAYTONA GEFORCE2 MX 32MB AGP
NVIDIA DRIVER	DETONATOR v6.50
MOTHERBOARD	JETWAY 663AS PRO
MEMORY	128MB PC-100 & PC-133 SDRAM
OPERATING SYSTEM	WINDOWS 98 SE
DIRECTX VERSION	v8.0a

QUAKE III ARENA

FASTEST

	123
	116

NORMAL

	114
	108

HIGH QUALITY

	81
	80

PC133 SDRAM PC100 SDRAM

COMMENT - "As we can clearly see from the Quake 3 benchmark the difference in performance between PC100 and PC133 memory is very small, ranging from one to six frames per second. If you have over 128mb of PC100 memory in your pc then I see no reason to replace it all with PC133 memory. However if you have very little memory in your PC and are getting more memory anyway then it makes sense to get PC133 memory. It costs the same and in some cases is even cheaper and it will give you a small increase in performance which is always a good thing."

BENCHMARK SETTINGS
Default GLdriver
GL Extensions on
Fullscreen on
Demo001 Benchmark

FASTEST QUALITY
512x384 Video Mode
16Bit Colour Depth
16Bit Texture Quality
Vertex Lighting
Geometic Detail Low
Texture Detail 50%
Bilinear Texture Filtering

NORMAL QUALITY
640x480 Video Mode
16Bit Colour Depth
16Bit Texture Quality
Lightmap Lighting
Geometic Detail Medium
Texture Detail 75%
Bilinear Texture Filtering

HIGH QUALITY
800x600 Video Mode
32Bit Colour Depth
32Bit Texture Quality
Lightmap Lighting
High Geometic Detail
Full Texture Detail
Trilinear Texture Filtering

LATEST REVIEWS

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4870 X2

"Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 review which also features the Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2. The Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 has 17% higher clock speed and 45% higher memory speed than the Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2."

ASUS GEFORCE GTS 250

"The Asus GeForce GTS 250 review also featuring the Pov GeForce GTX 260. The Asus GeForce GTS 250 has a 25% faster clock speed, 1% higher memory speed but the Asus GeForce GTS 250 has 64 less Pixel Shaders."

XFX RADEON HD 4770

"XFX Radeon HD 4770 review also featuring the Gainward Radeon HD 4850. The XFX Radeon HD 4770 has a 17% higher clock speed, 38% higher memory speed but 20% less Pixel Shaders compared to the Gainward Radeon HD 4850. The XFX Radeon HD 4770 does have a disadvantage which is the 128Bit Memory Interface which is half that of the Gainward Radeon HD 4850. How will this effect the performance?"

BFG GEFORCE GTX 275 OC

"BFG GeForce GTX 275 OC review also featuring the Gainward GeForce GTX 275. The BFG GeForce GTX 275 OC is a Factory Overclocked version of GeForce GTX 275 which means that it has a 3% faster clock speed, 2% higher memory speed and 240 Pixel Shaders."

GAINWARD GEFORCE GTX 275

"Gainward GeForce GTX 275 review also featuring the XFX Radeon HD 4890. The Gainward GeForce GTX 275 has a 26% lower clock speed, 42% lower memory speed and 460 less Pixel Shaders compared to the XFX Radeon HD 4890. The Gainward GeForce GTX 275 is going to have to work hard!"

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4770

"Sapphire Radeon HD 4770 review which also features the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870. The Sapphire Radeon HD 4770 has 4% lower clock speed, 30% higher memory speed and an extra 320 Pixel Shaders compared to the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870. The Sapphire Radeon HD 4770 does have a disadvantage with the 128 Bit memory interface due to the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 having a 256 Bit interface. How will this effect performance?"

XFX RADEON HD 4850

"XFX Radeon HD 4850 review also featuring the EVGA GeForce GTS 250. The XFX Radeon HD 4850 has 15% lower clock speed, 5% lower memory speed, 800 Pixel Shaders and DirectX 10.1 Support. The XFX Radeon HD 4850 does not have any disadvantages just raw performance!"

INNO3D GEFORCE 9800 GT

"Inno3D GeForce 9800 GT review also features the Gigabyte Radeon HD 4770. The Inno3D GeForce 9800 GT has a 20% lower clock speed, 44% lower memory speed and 528 less Pixel Shaders. The Inno3D GeForce 9800 GT does have an advantage and this is the 256Bit Memory Interface which is twice that of the Gigabyte Radeon HD 4770 which uses a 128Bit Memory Interface."

GIGABYTE RADEON HD 4770

"Gigabyte Radeon HD 4770 review also featuring the Sapphire Radeon HD 4830. The Gigabyte Radeon HD 4770 has a 24% higher clock speed, 44% higher memory speed and the same 640 Pixel Shaders as the Sapphire Radeon HD 4830. The Gigabyte Radeon HD 4770 does have a disadvantage which is the 128Bit Memory Interface which is half that of the Sapphire Radeon HD 4830. Will the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?"

XFX RADEON HD 4890

"XFX Radeon HD 4890 review also featuring the Gainward Radeon HD 4870. The XFX Radeon HD 4890 has a 11% higher clock speed, 9% higher memory speed and the same 800 Pixel Shaders as the Gainward Radeon HD 4870. This means the XFX Radeon HD 4890 will be atleast 10% faster than the Gainward Radeon HD 4870. Another advantage for the XFX Radeon HD 4890 is the extra 512MB Memory which will definately increase game performance."

EVGA GEFORCE GTS 250

"EVGA GeForce GTS 250 review also featuring the Inno3D GeForce 9800 GTX+. The EVGA GeForce GTS 250 has a 3% higher clock speed, the same 2200 Mhz memory speed and 128 Pixel Shaders as the Inno3D GeForce 9800 GTX+. This means the only real advantage the EVGA GeForce GTS 250 has over the Inno3D GeForce 9800 GTX+ is an extra 512MB Memory."

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