OCZ unveils "world's first" Intel Extreme Memory Modules

Get ready, OCZ is comin' atcha with some newfangled RAM technology that's likely to scare off the very market it's hoping to attract, but we're here to break things down for digestion. Put (sort of) simply, the firm's DDR3 PC3-12800 Intel XMP Ready Titanium Edition RAM will become the first memory to feature Intel Extreme Memory Profiles, which work exclusively with Intel's X38 chipset to enable the average joe (or jane) to overclock their RAM without even knowing what latency means. The sticks will come configured to run 8-8-8 latencies, but a secondary profile featuring a 7-6-6 latency can be easily activated if ran on an X38 chipset to squeeze a bit more performance out of the setup. There, that wasn't too hard, now was it?

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[LS @ Sep 12th 2007 5:54PM]

the what and the what now?

[Maff @ Sep 12th 2007 5:57PM]

lmao!

[Elliott @ Sep 12th 2007 9:44PM]

Agreed.

lmao!

[kojo87 @ Sep 12th 2007 6:07PM]

hmmm. im sticking with AMD and Kingston HyperX. plus i dont plan on getting DDR3 anytime soon.

[LondonConsultant @ Sep 12th 2007 6:10PM]

Um... er... I thought I knew a little about computers until I read this description! I guess those 8-8-8 latencies must be the dogs b*ll*cks...

[Dustin @ Sep 13th 2007 2:49AM]

I see what you did there..

[ja$on @ Sep 12th 2007 6:16PM]

This memory is crap. The memory in my computer is made out of uranium.
I demand the best.

[Jeff @ Sep 12th 2007 6:31PM]

Jesus made my RAM himself. And it bakes warm cookies and eats sadness and poops out money.

It also will play doom.
and it does blend.

[Wesburl @ Sep 12th 2007 6:42PM]

Jeff have my children......

[John @ Sep 12th 2007 6:48PM]

Can they add that miracle to the Bible or it will be added to the Apocrypha? 0_o???

[Elliott @ Sep 12th 2007 9:50PM]

Oh yea? Well I, for one, welcome our new rectangularly shaped, cookie baking, sadness eating, money pooping, Doom playing, blend-able, created by the overLord RAM.

[hemmy @ Sep 12th 2007 6:38PM]

Proabably going to cost 8-8-8 dollars for a measly stick too

[immer_ohne_gott @ Sep 12th 2007 6:52PM]

8-8-8?! ugh...and here I was thinking that DDR2 had high latencies...

[skonofvulcan @ Sep 13th 2007 12:39AM]

Maybe that 8-8-8 is a misprint. Maybe it's supposed to 666......

[Kyoji @ Sep 12th 2007 7:02PM]

CAS latencies are really not that hard to understand, and moreover, better RAM can be had at a(probably) much better price. I've got 2 1gb sticks of DDR2 800 OC'd to 860Mhz set to 3-3-4-5; for the two it cost me $100. Granted, its not DDR3 1200, but I'm pretty sure my checking account is thankful of that.

[pcgecko85 @ Sep 12th 2007 7:04PM]

12800 ... that's a big number

[Enki @ Sep 12th 2007 7:27PM]

Thats what I was thinking. Is that real? 12800/2= 6400mhz, is it really running that fast. I mean, holy f*@K!

[Enki @ Sep 12th 2007 7:39PM]

My bad, I just went to OCZ's site, and saw what some of its comparable memory is running at. Sory for my confusion, I'm still using DDR1 math.

[hoplite @ Sep 12th 2007 7:40PM]

I'll stick with my RDRAM PC-4200 and wait till the industry goes for speed/tech. rather then cheapness.

[Bryan Price @ Sep 12th 2007 8:49PM]

My current beast is still running DDR2. The expense of DDR3 is just ridiculous.

[Constable Odo @ Sep 12th 2007 9:44PM]

I'd heard the only thing "extreme" about it is it's price.

[Brian @ Sep 13th 2007 4:18AM]

The latency is still to high, with DDR3

There is DDR2 ram out there with much lower timings, giving it a small, but measureable advantage in gaming performance.