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Date Posted: July 3, 2002

Final Words

So where does XtremeDDR stand against the likes of Corsair and OCZ? XtremeDDR, while being new to the market, obviously knows what it takes to please PC enthusiasts. I was very pleased with the performance of the memory, as it only trailed the Corsair by a very small margin while beating out the OCZ memory by a pretty decent margin. The stability of the RAM was on the same level of the Corsair memory, crashing only when pushed over 396 MHz DDR, while the OCZ memory choked when pushed to 366 MHz DDR. Getting an extra 30 MHz out of this RAM was quite easy, and it was able to complete a 12 hour Sandra memory loop test at 376 MHz DDR running the most aggressive memory timings. After 376 MHz DDR I had to change the timings to CAS 2.5 and at 382 MHZ DDR I was forced to run the RAM at 2T command. The fact that the XtremeDDR memory was able to run at the most aggressive memory settings up to 376 MHz DDR proves how good it really is. I can only think of two problems with this memory. The fact that it will not run in Asus or MSI KT333 mainboards is a huge letdown. Another problem is that XtremeDDR is a brand new company, so some people may be afraid of buying from them. If you are looking for a stick of high performance memory and don't want to deal with crashes, pick up a stick of XtremeDDR at Silver Bullet PC.  

PROS

High Performing
Stable
Insane overclocking prowess

CONS

Not cheap, but the best stuff rarely is
Not widely available as of yet

Bottom Line

On the short list of memory I would trust in my rig there was previously one name, Corsair. Add Xtreme to the list. Their RAM was fast and did everything advertised and more.

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