Corsair Dominator TW3X2G2133C9DF

Corsair Dominator TW3X2G2133C9DF
Corsair continues its seemingly never-ending assault on the high-end memory market with yet another premium DDR3 kit rated to operate at a much higher frequency than much of the competition. As its name implies, the Corsair Dominator series TW3X2G233C9DF is a 2Gb memory kit rated for operation at 2,133MHz with a CAS latency of 9. Like all the other members of the Dominator series, the DIMM in this kit feature the company's excellent DHX cooling technology. Other specs include a rather demanding 2.0V requirement (for DDR3 anyway) and support for EPP 2.0.
I tested the Corsair Dominator TW3X2G2133C9DF memory kit in an Asus Striker II Extreme nForce 790i SLI Ultra-based motherboard, powered by a Core 2 Extreme QX9650 processor, a GeForce 8800GTX, and Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit. Although the motherboard recognized support for EPP 2.0, it seemed unable to run the memory at 2,133MHz. By manually tweaking settings, howerver, I was able to hit 2,050 MHz with the motherboard running in Unlinked mode, which is no small feat. With the RAM running at 2,050MHz, it offered up about 7GBps of memory bandwith in SiSoft Sandra XII SP2 and 121.6fps in a low-resolution, low-quality Crysis benchmark.
The TW3X2G2133C9DF memory kit didn't fully cooperate with our test system, but it's still a killer product. The kit is obviously geared for hardcore overclockers, though. Those who run their systems at stock speeds need not apply.
by Marco Chiappetta.

Specs: Capacity: 2,048MB (2 x 1,024MB); Frequency: 2,13MHz (PXS-17066); Latencies: 9 9CAS), 9 (RAS Precharge), 9 (RAS to CAS), 24 (RAS Active to Precharge), 2T (Command rate); Voltage: 2.0V; lifetime warranty.

source: Computer Power User October 2008.
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