November 20, 2004

OCZ REV 2 533mhz DDR2 hits 800mhz (DDR800) @ DH

“We reviewed the excellent new OCZ DDR2 533mhz a few weeks ago and as some of you may remember we hit 730mhz. Since then ive received one of the new ASUS P5DA2-E (1066mhz FSB) motherboards to test. This motherboard has been able to push the memory further and today I reached 800mhz with tight timings of 8-3-3-4. To acheive these scores I increased the memory voltage to 3.1 volts and to aid cooling added a 120mm fan on a Zalman arm across the chipset and heatspreaders. Scoring in excess of 7200MB/s in Sandra shows that finally DDR2 is coming of age.”

Halo 2 @ TrustedReviews

“Graphically Halo 2 is breathtaking and raises the bar on console visuals, just as the original did. That said, after playing Half-Life 2, the Halo 2 graphics did lose some of their initial impact. However, I then reminded myself that I was playing Half-Life 2 on a graphics card that retails for close to £400 (not to mention the cost of the rest of the PC), while Halo 2 was being played on a three year old video game console that costs £99. Not to mention that a game console is limited to the resolution of a television, rather than a high-resolution computer monitor. So, in the world of gaming consoles, Halo 2 is the best looking game that I’ve come across.”

Vantec NexStar 2 5.25” External Drive Enclosure @ ThinkComputers
LG GSA-4120B Super Multi DVD Rewriter @ PCStats
Diskeeper 9 Professional Edition @ BRnR

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