I'll be testing this memory on my Epox 8RDA+ v1.1 with the latest BIOS as of the date of this article, in dual channel mode. To eliminate any possible limitation of my motherboard in the process, I am testing this memory in asynch mode for the sole purpose of obtaining high memory speeds and testing for stability. I'll be comparing it against 2x256MB sticks of Twinmos PC3200 memory, which uses the older Winbond BH-5 memory chips.
I have tested all sticks at 2.6 and 2.9v, and the test is for maximum attainable stable memory speed. To test if the memory is stable at a certain speed, I have run a full loop of memtest86 for each setting. I am not going to be benchmarking this memory against the Twinmos, as the memory sticks would probably return the same results at the same settings.
Here's both sets at 2.6v:
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As we see, the Buffalo looks like it's really pulling ahead of the Twinmos BH-5 at lower voltage! Let's see how it does at higher voltage...
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Extra voltage seems to do nothing for the Buffalo PC3200, yet on the other hand, the Twinmos BH-5 craves voltage. The Twinmos is able to beat out the Buffalo, but only by a little bit.
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