Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Web-Site Overclocks DDR2 Memory to 1308MHz. DDR2 Overclocker’s Memory Module Roundup

11:59 pm | Yaroslav Lyssenko

With the transition of AMD microprocessors to socket AM2 infrastructure the end of DDR era becomes obvious. Today all contemporary microprocessors from both AMD and Intel utilize DDR2 memory, which generally simplifies life of memory module makers, who do not have to put money and effort into development of advanced DDR and DDR2 modules for adopters of different microprocessor platforms.

In order to find the best DDR2 modules in terms of overclocking potential and stability at high frequencies TweakTown has completed a roundup of DDR2 memory module kits from major manufacturers, including: A-Data Vitesta DDR2 800, Corsair XMS2 8500, G.Skill PC2-8000, Kingston HyperX PC2-8000, OCZ EL PC2-8000 Platinum Extreme Edition, Super Talent TX800 Series, SyncMAX Express DDR2 667, Team Xtreem DDR-2 1000MHz and TwinMOS Twister PC2-6400.

The winner in terms of overclockability was Corsair with 1308MHz peak clock-speed.

“Corsair was extremely impressive, not only did it manage to give us some great clock speeds but (at least from our research in the Australian market) its pricing is extremely competitive for such high clocked memory. OCZ clearly is another great choice for speed and even a good price range, considering OCZ in the past has been some of the more expansive RAM modules on the market. G.Skill memory while not able to overclock as high was running more impressive SPD timings and it’s clear that tight timings are also important when it comes to performance,” concludes TweakTown.

”SyncMAX, TwinMOS and A-DATA we also have to give some credit to, as these modules simply performed quite well for their price and performance bracket they fell into. Super Talent did a good job of performance but still wasn’t exactly what we were fully hoping for. Our real disappointment was the Kingston HyperX which we found to be the least performing memory, though we didn’t have Core 2 to test the RAM on at the time, maybe it simply isn’t the right companion for the AM2 platform,” adds the author.

• TweakTown: Mega DDR-2 Memory Roundup - Finding an Overclocking King.

Skype Bridges Macs and PCs. Skype Launches VoIP Client for Macintosh

11:54 pm | Yaroslav Lyssenko

According to a news story by PC World, the latest beta version of Skype for Apple computers allows video conferencing between Mac and PC users. By supporting Macintosh systems, Skype is able to expand the reach of its VoIP service once again, providing users of different platforms to communicate between each others.

“Users of Skype for Mac 2.0 will be able to make video calls to both Mac and PC Skype users,” says the news story.

While other options, including SightSpeed free software that supports video conferencing between Mac and PC users exist, they can not boast with so large community of supporters as in case of Skype.

“Mac users already have the Apple iChat program, which enables video conferencing but is mainly limited to making calls with other Mac users. In 2004, iChat and AOL’s AIM became compatible, allowing users to make video calls to each other. However, the most recent version of AIM, Triton, only supports video calls among Triton users. But an older version, AIM 5.9, is still available and supports video conferencing with iChat users,” reports PC World.

Mac users interested in the latest version of Skype should use Mac OS X v10.3.9 Panther or newer and have a Power G4/G5 or Intel microprocessor.

• PC World: Skype Connects Macs, PCs.

Archive
All Latest News