I’ll be using SiSoft Sandra for the first phase of benchmarking, as that utility is probably as familiar to you guys anything will ever be (aside from 3DMark 2001SE, which will be used too).
Sandra Memory Benchmark:
Here I used the OCZ ram at 2-2-2-5. Even so, the scores are pretty bad, due to the integrated video hogging some ram. PC2700 is brought down to just over PC2100, and PC2100 likewise to PC1600. Still, the scores certainly aren't horrible, and perfectly acceptable for the average user.
Here I throw in some Dual Channel DDR, and give you a glipse at the overclocking to come. Integrated video was NOT used in these tests, which explains some of the performance gain. As you can see, memory running in sync. with processor FSB provides better performance than async. operation, even if the memory is faster. Now for the truly interesting part:
As you can see, 3D video performance clings heavily to memory speed, with a huge boost attained using Dual Channel DDR 400 (that's 800Mhz video memory!). Any two identical-spec'd sticks of DDR will work, it doesn't have to be a special kit like the one I'm using, although my results will no doubt be faster. With 5137 3DMarks, nVidia shows an integrated video solution that can handle pretty much all the modern games right now, although future games the likes of DOOM ]|[ and Half-Life 2 will probably not run.
