AMD FX-8150 Memory Scaling Investigation - Feeding the Bulldozer by VR-Zone.com
It is often debated that using more expensive "enthusiast-grade" memory will help application and gaming performance. We use the latest AMD FX-8150 8-core processor and ASUS ROG Crosshair V Formula 990FX to find out if that holds true for the Bulldozers...
Test Setup
CPU: AMD FX-8150 8-core/8 thread processor @ 4.7Ghz (all power saving options disabled)
Motherboard: ASUS ROG Crosshair V Formula (BETA 9905 bios made by Shamino - with latest BD AGESA, unlocks higher memory multipliers up to 2400)
Graphics: AMD Radeon 6990 (Crossfire) with Catalyst 11.10 Preview 2 (8.901.2.0)
HSF: Thermalright Silver Arrow with 2 Fans
SSD: Corsair X128 SSD
PSU: CM Silent Pro M 1000W
OS: Windows 7 x64 with SP1
Contenders:
SGD$30 Value Ram - 1333MHz 9-9-9-24 1T
SGD$50 Value Ram - 1600MHz 9-9-9-24 1T
SGD$100 High End Kit - 1600MHz 7-8-7-24 1T
SGD$180 Extreme Level Kit - 2133Mhz 7-10-7-27 1T
AIDA64 Memory Bandwidth/Latency Test:
wPrime:
x264 HD Benchmark 4.0 (video encoding)
Crysis 2 1.9 Ultra (DirectX 11)
Left 4 Dead 2 (DirectX 9)