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The editors liked
Fast
Overclocks well
Well packed
Stable performance
Exceptional results when overclocking within SPD parameters
Adding 3DMark® Vantage and an advanced users license with the kit is a nice touch
Kits are hand tested and verified
Enhanced Vapor Chamber Interface” (eVCI)
Lifetime warranty
Extremely low latency at SPD
Extreme performer in all benchmarks and overclocking
Lower latency than all competing products in its class
High Dynamic Range Rendering (HDR) compliant
Second highest performer currently on the market
Excellent customer...
4 GB
High clock speed
Runs fine at default voltage of 1.8V
Flexible timings
Good performance
The editors didn't like
Price?
Given the current price of DDR2
The price of this kit may be a bit high for some consumers
Cost (even though significantly lower) may preclude some users from purchasing
Cant move beyond DDR21120
Expensive
Works best only on 64bit OS with 64bit applications
Published: 2008-09-16, Author: Sean , review by: planetx64.com
Abstract: So do you really “Get more with Mushkin”? The simple answer is yes you do. The Ascent XP2 8500 modules from Mushkin are probably the best 4GB kit I have worked with. Other 4GB kits can be very picky about voltage, heat clock, pretty much everything tha...
Exceptional results when overclocking within SPD parameters, Adding 3DMark® Vantage and an advanced users license with the kit is a nice touch, Kits are hand tested and verified, enhanced Vapor Chamber Interface” (eVCI), Lifetime warranty
Given the current price of DDR2, the price of this kit may be a bit high for some consumers
The testing results certainly indicate that the new 4GB Mushkin XP2-8500 Ascent memory modules are worthy competitors in the DDR2 arena. The results further showed that in most tests the Mushkin product performed on a par and in some cases such as Sup...
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4 GB, High clock speed, Runs fine at default voltage of 1.8V, Flexible timings, Good performance
Expensive, Works best only on 64bit OS with 64bit applications
At the moment a lot of memory manufacturers are carefully probing if there is a market for 4 GB kits in DDR2 Non-ECC variety. However, Mushkin is the only one who offers a hardcore overclocking kit that runs DDR2-1066 @ CL5. Many other companies have t...
Where do I begin? This is one of the most impressive kits Ive laid my hands on in quite a while. With performance as displayed here, moving up to 4GB wont feel like such a burden. As we saw throughout some of our tests, when compared to a 2GB kit at...
Fast, Overclocks well, Well packed, Stable performance
Price?
The overclocking results show that this is a powerful kit we have reviewed. In both stock speed and overclocking we have seen it beat a heavy contender as Corsair 8888 kit. Overclocking wise we were able to push is quite far above the specified ratings...
Overall the Mushkin XP2-8500 2GB kit is a great, solid performer. Aimed at the enthusiast end of the market, the kit definitely doesn't disappoint.Although the memory would not go to particularly high speeds, the stock settings still give headroom for im...
Abstract: Today we conclude our series of DDR-2 memory tests on the EVGA 680i SLI motherboard by testing Mushkins new Extreme Performance XP2-8500 2Gb Memory Kit (2 x 1Gb) with 5-5-4-12 timings. These are very quick latency timings for memory running at 1...
Extremely low latency at SPD, Extreme performer in all benchmarks and overclocking, Lower latency than all competing products in its class, High Dynamic Range Rendering (HDR) compliant, Second highest performer currently on the market, Excellent customer...
Cost (even though significantly lower) may preclude some users from purchasing, Cant move beyond DDR21120
First, the test results for the Mushkin XP2-8500 memory look quite impressive. As a sidebar I ran the same tests with the same memory timings and VDimms with my Redline XP2-8000 and it matched the XP2-8500 stride for stride being within a few units of...
Thanks to my gimped CPU, its hard to be impressed by any new kit that flies onto my desk, since most of them can handle the same max overclock that my system can handle. This Mushkin kit was no surprise, it handled it just fine. However, it did throw...
