Test Set Up
- Processor: Intel Core2Duo E6300
- Cooler: Zalman 7000B-Cu
- Motherboard: Asus P5b Deluxe/wifi @ 1101 BIOS
- Graphics: Leadtek PCI-e 7600GT 256Mb
- Storage: Seagate Sata 120Gb, 8mb cache
- Chassis: Antec P150
- PSU: Seasonic S12 430w
- Optical: Pioneer DVD-rw + Lg DVD combo
- OS: Windows XP with SP2/fully patched
So to test those modules, I’ve included test samples that I have to compare them with: 2*1024 DDR2-800 TakeMS modules. At the time of writing this article, those were the only memory modules that I had to compare them with.
The good thing here is that you can clearly see the benefits and the performance increase from ddr2-800 MHz with ddr2-1066 MHz memory modules! I didn’t include the results with other overclocking options (like when FSB of computer was between 320-360) because there’s not much of a difference in those benchmarks.
Test include synthetic benchmarks: Super pi 1.1, Lavalys Everest 4.0, Sisoft Sandra vXI SP1 and ScienceMark 2.0.
As you can see from those generic benchmarks, that there not much of a difference between 800 MHz and 1066 MHz memory modules in CPU related benchmarks. But if you look at Everest benchmarks which measures raw speed you can see how much it’s faster than 800 MHz memory modules.
At the end of this article I have to write my opinion on those 1066 MHz memory modules. I think that they are really great product from takeMS company, which demonstrated that they don’t just produce usual memory modules which only work on its default speed and without any overclocking abilities. Mach2 memory modules have proved that they can work with various memory timings (4-4-4-12, 5-5-5-15) and on various memory ratios, from which you can easily overclock the final memory frequency!
If you look at the beginning of this article, you can also see that memory modules are SLI certified, which also gives them additional value. I’m sure those AMD users or those in Intel platform using nVidia’s nforce chipset will know to value this!
Mach2 memory modules also worked flawlessly in my computer for about a month, and I haven’t had any single issues with them. When I’ve overclocked them beyond normal specifications, I have just reset the BIOS and could continue to work with them normally. But Germans have always been known for their reliability and stability of products, and Mach2 memory modules are no exception.
With their 10 year warranty, I just don’t have a single reason not to recommend them to you.
1066 MHz are currently the top of the line offering in DDR2 memory area, and I assume that memory manufacturers will not make any DDR2 memory modules faster than this /except for perhaps 1200 MHz). With DDR3 memory standard, which is offered on the market about half a year ago, I think that DDR2 product lifecycle is still strong.
At the end I’m very much glad that I had the opportunity to test these high performance modules, and to give them 10/10 mark! I would like to thank one special person at TakeMS company (she knows who she is) :-) for having the patience with me.