RAM is a commodity. Not a big deal, unfortunately. The press release stated a huge 22% performance increase***
***When used with an APU integrated graphics, versus stock PC1333 RAM.
Their top bin is overvolted pretty high too (1.65V).
It does come with RAMDisk software - however, DRAM prices are expected to go up this summer, and the usefulness of a RAMDisk with a modern OS and typical modern game/application install sizes is somewhat questionable in the first place.
It's Patriot memory with an AMD logo on it. Nothing to get excited about here. Patriot will also sell you memory with an Intel logo on it if you want it. My guess is that Patriot is paying AMD and Intel a little bit for the use of their brand names in the hopes that people will think that they need AMD memory for an AMD processor or Intel memory for an Intel processor and not realize that DDR3 is an industry standard. AMD and Intel presumably decided not to turn away the easy revenue.
Originally posted by Quizzical It's Patriot memory with an AMD logo on it. Nothing to get excited about here. Patriot will also sell you memory with an Intel logo on it if you want it. My guess is that Patriot is paying AMD and Intel a little bit for the use of their brand names in the hopes that people will think that they need AMD memory for an AMD processor or Intel memory for an Intel processor and not realize that DDR3 is an industry standard. AMD and Intel presumably decided not to turn away the easy revenue.
All that matters is how good is this memory. Since there is nonthing to get exited about can you please link where you read reviews or benchmarks of this memory?
How memory performs is determined by the clock speed and timings. "Better" memory performance means memory that can function properly at a higher clock speed and/or lower timings. Better memory modules have as much to do with reliability as anything, really, and not needing to go over the DDR3 stock voltage of 1.5 V helps there, as does not clocking the chips too close to their limits.
There are actually only three cutting-edge DRAM manufacturers in the world: Samsung, Hynix, and Micron. Whatever memory you buy is made by one of them, regardless of whether it says Corsair, G.Skill, Patriot, Mushkin, or whatever on the label.
Think there are any differences between these two other than the price tag and the heatsink color and sticker?
With AMD-branded Patriot memory, they do at least kind of hide that it's really Patriot. I'm guessing that Patriot would have done that with the Intel-branded memory, too, but Intel wouldn't let them.
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RAM is a commodity. Not a big deal, unfortunately. The press release stated a huge 22% performance increase***
***When used with an APU integrated graphics, versus stock PC1333 RAM.
Their top bin is overvolted pretty high too (1.65V).
It does come with RAMDisk software - however, DRAM prices are expected to go up this summer, and the usefulness of a RAMDisk with a modern OS and typical modern game/application install sizes is somewhat questionable in the first place.
All that matters is how good is this memory. Since there is nonthing to get exited about can you please link where you read reviews or benchmarks of this memory?
How memory performs is determined by the clock speed and timings. "Better" memory performance means memory that can function properly at a higher clock speed and/or lower timings. Better memory modules have as much to do with reliability as anything, really, and not needing to go over the DDR3 stock voltage of 1.5 V helps there, as does not clocking the chips too close to their limits.
There are actually only three cutting-edge DRAM manufacturers in the world: Samsung, Hynix, and Micron. Whatever memory you buy is made by one of them, regardless of whether it says Corsair, G.Skill, Patriot, Mushkin, or whatever on the label.
Think there are any differences between these two other than the price tag and the heatsink color and sticker?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220705
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220685
With AMD-branded Patriot memory, they do at least kind of hide that it's really Patriot. I'm guessing that Patriot would have done that with the Intel-branded memory, too, but Intel wouldn't let them.