OCZ 3700 GOLD: Building High-Performance Memory
by Wesley Fink on August 7, 2003 8:34 PM EST- Posted in
- Memory
Testing the Process
The Lasering explanation sounds good, but we at AnandTech are proud of being skeptics. Armed with the impressive base numbers above from a totally different source, we asked OCZ Technology for more info on their process. Furthermore, we asked OCZ for DIMMs made with unbinned, unlasered chips, as well as unbinned, lasered chips. The requested samples were received the next day.
As you can see in the unlasered samples, the chips are indeed Samsung TCB3. However, the Samsung labeling on the chips used by OCZ indicate a later revision number (E) than our earlier Samsung on the Crucial DIMMs (D).
A quick check at Samsung shows the later chips rated at the same specs to DDR400. We asked Ryan Peterson of OCZ about the significance, if any, of the later revision. He indicated that the later E rev chips do perform better at high speeds than D rev chips.
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Anonymous User - Friday, August 8, 2003 - link
MS ,I think the point of the article was to prove that the lasering process works ? I could be wrong but it appears the results confirm it
Anonymous User - Friday, August 8, 2003 - link
Not a word in this review about OCZ having the worst reputation in the industry? Not a word about them never standing behind their products. Not a word about them closing down their parent company every time the claims and fraud investigations start getting big, and then re-opening again somewhere else a couple of months later.Once a criminal enterprise, always a criminal enterprise. OCZ is a fraud, no matter what special review chips they send to sites like this one.
MS - Friday, August 8, 2003 - link
I removed the top layer from some chips and tested the same DIMM before and after and there was no difference whatsoever. Therefore, I am stil sceptic about the entire issue of going topless for better performance.Mday - Friday, August 8, 2003 - link
always good to see a place turn around, but there are always lingering doubts...Evan Lieb - Friday, August 8, 2003 - link
Yeah, they've changed quite a bit Kris. Their product's performance and their customer support today makes them a much more reputable memory contender than they were 1 or 2 years ago.Anonymous User - Friday, August 8, 2003 - link
Why won't you be including Mushkin, this time?You used to be really big on them.
KristopherKubicki - Friday, August 8, 2003 - link
I visted with them a month or two ago, they seem a lot less like the company I visited 18 months ago.AgaBooga - Thursday, August 7, 2003 - link
I think if OCZ continues this kind of introduction of products they may turn the company around from its past. Also, I liked how they co-operated and gave the chips you guys asked for without trouble. Doing that, they show their confidence in their laser process.