Which is better, need a good ram benchmark

[Geomon]

I got a tough choice to make about which ram to keep. Its between Mushkin Redline xp4000 UT or Ocz VX4000.

The Redline are the better overclockers doing 265ht at 2-2-2-6 before burn in, the Vx do 255ht also at 2-2-2-6.

I have benched them with a few very basic benchmarks at the exact same speed and settings at 250ht and they perform pretty much identically, altough the VX may have a very slight edge on its write speed.

Even tough the Redlines run at a faster speed they dont seem to give any improvment at 265ht than when they are at 250 with the same cpu speed.

What I need is a good benchmark that will tell me if one set is better than the other.

Any recommendation of a benchmark that will do this will be really helpful

 

[Master_G]

I would try the prime95 bench, or 32M SuperPi, that should bring the differences out i think.

G

 

[fatty]

I think if you use sis it will tell you the bandwidth and performance of the sticks??

 

[maverik-sg1]

Sandra is an okay benchmark but gets slated for some of the results it brings.

The trick is too tweak behind those initial settings - choose the one that can run TRFC at 12 and the setting above that at 7 - look at my BIOS settings for more details - dropping a few CPU mhz overclock to maintain those speeds is better than getting a few mow clocks on the CPU.

Everest is a good RAM bencher - memtest will tell you your ram bandwidth and CustomPC benchmarks will show you whose the boss - 265Mhz is essential for video editing as every ounce of bandwidth will help.

IMHO - 265Mhz is much better than 255 at same timings even though you can't measure it (probs coz you need a better, or 2nd GPU) - also if it can do 265Mhz at 2-2-2-6, you should be able to run 255 @ 2-2-2-5 or even 1.5-2-2-5.

Good luck and may the force be with you.

Mav