Corsair Dominator TWIN2X2048-8888C4DF

Name: Corsair Dominator TWIN2X2048-8888C4DF - Page 9
Brand: Corsair

by Marco Chiappetta — Friday, September 15, 2006, 12:00 PM EDT

Performance Summary: As expected, Corsair's new Dominator TWIN2X2048-8888C4DF memory was the fastest of the three memory kits we tested here thanks to its combination of high-capacity, relatively low latencies, and high frequency. In SANDRA's memory bandwidth benchmark it put up the highest bandwidth numbers, and it similarly posted the highest scores in the PCMark05 and F.E.A.R. benchmarks as well.

We have to give credit where credit is due, and praise Corsair for delivering and innovative, high-performance product in the Dominator TWIN2X2048-8888C4DF memory kit. The R&D put in to develop DHX and the tweaked PCB seems to have paid off, as the Dominator TWIN2X2048-8888C4DF memory kit is the fastest currently available. At almost $600 though, this is some expensive stuff. We suppose if money is no object, overclockers can't do much better than the Dominator TWIN2X2048-8888C4DF kit, but we know many of you are cringing at the idea of spending $600 for 2GB of memory, when slightly lower performing kits are available for half the price. The bottom line however, is that the Dominator TWIN2X2048-8888C4DF memory kit is an excellent product. It's fast, flexible, innovative, and it should work fine on any platform. We're giving the Dominator TWIN2X2048-8888C4DF kit a 9 on the Heat Meter. Whether or not it's worth $600 is a question, we'll let the market answer.


Innovative Cooling EPP Support Ultra-High Clocks Tight-Timings	Very Expensive Marginal Performance advantages

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Marco Chiappetta

Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com