OpenGL Gaming – Doom 3, Warhammer 40K

Doom 3

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Asus P5GDC-V (DDR2) – Pentium 4 560E, 1GB DDR, ATI X700 Pro

Asus P5GDC-V (DDR) – Pentium 4 560E, 1GB DDR, ATI X700 Pro

Intel 915P + DDR – Pentium 4 560E, 1GB DDR, ATI X700 Pro

Intel 915P + DDR2 – Pentium 4 560E, 1GB DDR2, ATI X700 Pro

VIA K8T800 Pro – Athlon 64 3200+ (754 pin), 1GB DDR, ATI R9800XT


Here we see DDR2 having no affect on Doom 3 performance. In fact using older DDR memory seemed to improve performance by a little.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War

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Asus P5GDC-V (DDR2) – Pentium 4 560E, 1GB DDR, ATI X700 Pro

Asus P5GDC-V (DDR) – Pentium 4 560E, 1GB DDR, ATI X700 Pro

Intel 915P + DDR – Pentium 4 560E, 1GB DDR, ATI X700 Pro

Intel 915P + DDR2 – Pentium 4 560E, 1GB DDR2, ATI X700 Pro

VIA K8T800 Pro – Athlon 64 3200+ (754 pin), 1GB DDR, ATI R9800XT


In Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War, we have the P5GDC-V using DDR2 out-pacing DDR configurations by a very large margin. The extra bit of performance was very noticeable.

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