| First Look: OCZ Gamer eXtreme Enhanced Latency Memory |
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Over the past few years, OCZ Technology has been pushing the limits of memory modules with its fine engineering talent. In recent memory, OCZ’s low-latency Platinum Rev. 2 memory overclocked the highest out of the numerous low-latency modules we tested. OCZ then introduced its VX value line of memory, which continued the tradition of amazingly decent overclocking yields at an all time low prices. The company’s innovation didn’t stop there, however. It continued on with exclusive memory at great stock speeds only for DFI NF4 motherboards. The most important thing for OCZ is delivering the top performing memory at as lower latencies as possible, which results in significant performance gains, overall. This time around OCZ has added another line of memory to its product line: OCZ Gamer eXtreme Enhanced Latency Memory. Yet again, the concept behind the Gamer eXtreme memory is to lower the latencies as much as possible to ultimate reach the highest performance results. OCZ applies the same Gold heatspreaders to dissipate heat. Perhaps the most exciting feature about this particular memory is that it operates at solid 433MHz, or PC3500, at 2-2-2-5 latencies. As usual, OCZ packs the memory with a lifetime warranty and rates it to run at slightly higher voltage level of 2.8v. This shouldn’t pose to be a significant concern, since all high-end enthusiast motherboards support a minimum of 2.85v voltage settings. The company’s Gamer eXtreme Enhanced Latency Memory comes either as a single stick of 512MB or as a dual-channel kit with 512MBx2 configuration. At such low latencies, we expect the performance to be nothing but impressive. But until lab tests confirm our hypothesis, you’ll have to wait for a while.
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