At its highest setting, Ultra quality, texture
sizes pass the 500MB mark which means even tomorrow's videocards will have a
hard time running everything. The frame rates in the game itself are locked at
60 fps so anything above that point is wasted. Each test is run three times with
the third run being recorded.
Doom 3 |
LQ 640x480 |
FPS |
Ranking |
2x 1024MB Super Talent T800UX2GC4 (200/800) |
184.1 |
|
2x 1024MB Patriot PDC22G800+XBLK (200/800) |
183.8 |
|
2x 1024MB Corsair CM2X1024-6400C4 (200/800) |
183.7 |
|
2x 1024MB Corsair CM2X1024-6400C3 (200/800) |
184.6 |
|
2x 1024MB Corsair CM2X1024-8500C5 (200/800) |
181.4 |
|
2x 512MB Corsair CM2X512-8500 (200/800) |
181.1 |
|
2x 512MB Corsair CM2X512-8500 (276/1104) |
195.3 |
|
At stock speeds the 1GB kit performs at approximately the same speed as the
other DIMMs tested. Overclocking boosts framerate pretty nicely even though the
CPU speed doesn't increase.
Quake 4 is the latest shooter from ID and is based
on the Doom 3 engine. Tweaked to for more eye candy, Quake 4 promises to be
tougher on videocards and systems than its predecessor was. Quake 4 also does
not have a 60 fps limiter like Doom 3, with the Ultra setting, graphic textures
can surpass the 500MB mark!
Quake 4 |
LQ 640x480 Custom Demo |
FPS |
Ranking |
2x 1024MB Super Talent T800UX2GC4 (200/800) |
182.8 |
|
2x 1024MB Patriot PDC22G800+XBLK (200/800) |
183.2 |
|
2x 1024MB Corsair CM2X1024-6400C4 (200/800) |
184.1 |
|
2x 1024MB Corsair CM2X1024-6400C3 (200/800) |
187.1 |
|
2x 1024MB Corsair CM2X1024-8500C5 (200/800) |
183.2 |
|
2x 512MB Corsair CM2X512-8500 (200/800) |
181.6 |
|
2x 512MB Corsair CM2X512-8500 (276/1104) |
190.8 |
|
Quake 4 is based on Doom 3, we see similar numbers although Quake 4 does
get a few FPS more from the 2GB kits.
In Battlefield 2, players will choose to fight for
one of three military superpowers: the United States, the Chinese, or the newly
formed Middle East Coalition. Armed with the latest modern weaponry, players can
take control of any of the games 30+ vehicles to engage in major conflicts with
over 64 players in some of the largest online battles on the PC. Test is run
five times, which will then be averaged with the highest and
lowest runs disregarded, settings are high quality at 1024x768.
Battlefield 2 |
HQ 1024x768: |
FPS |
Ranking |
2x 1024MB Super Talent T800UX2GC4 (200/800) |
362.148 |
|
2x 1024MB Patriot PDC22G800+XBLK (200/800) |
371.478 |
|
2x 1024MB Corsair CM2X1024-6400C4 (200/800) |
375.636 |
|
2x 1024MB Corsair CM2X1024-6400C3 (200/800) |
378.415 |
|
2x 1024MB Corsair CM2X1024-8500C5 (200/800) |
364.157 |
|
2x 512MB Corsair CM2X512-8500 (200/800) |
247.156 |
|
2x 512MB Corsair CM2X512-8500 (276/1104) |
275.418 |
|
Battlefield 2 requires a lot of system memory which is why the 1GB kit does
not perform as quickly as the 2GB kits.