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Results (continued):
For Half Life 2 I went back to HardwareOC, and used v1.3 of their HL2 test program. Running the Beach level at maximum settings at 1024x768, I scored the frame rates listed below. The same increases can be seen as in Far Cry.
Finally comes Doom3. Doom3 has frame rate measurement capabilities built into the game, but the first run of this utility always measures extremely low due to the fact that parts of the game are being cached. I threw out the first run each time and averaged out the second and third. Doom3 testing was also done at the maximum settings, resolution set at 1024x768. Nothing surprising here, good increases at each step of the way.
Conclusion:
If you want to get to 600DDR speeds with tight timings, TCCD chips are your only choice. If you want some of the best-implemented TCCD sticks made (and soon to be the only ones made), then Corsair is the deal. What surprised me most was how high the memory would go without any tweaking at all. Talk about plug and play overclocking! I have owned many sticks of Corsair over the years and have never had even one issue at all with any of them not exceeding my expectations in quality, reliability and sheer speed when overclocked. The TWINX1024-4400C25PT once again lives up to Corsair’s high reputation.
A quick scan of Pricegrabber shows current prices between $215.00 and $220.00, priced right in line with most of the current TCCD based memory offerings.
I have no choice but to award Corsair’s high-end XMS TWINX1024-4400C25PT Dual Channel DDR kit the full 5 out of 5 stars.
Final Rating (5 out of 5 stars): 
Pros:
• Corsair quality
• Samsung TCCD chips (and Corsair may soon be the only ones to have them)
• Incredible SPD timings
Cons:
• None
Special thanks to Corsair for providing the XMS TWINX1024-4400C25PT Dual Channel DDR kit to Bigbruin.com for review!
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