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Paying a price premium for low-latency DDR3 memory is not always a smart investment for Core i7, particularly if gaming is at the top of the menu. As we have seen time and time again, memory timings and frequency play almost no role in gaming performance, as games tend to be far more GPU limited than they are CPU. Looking over our gaming performance results when overclocking the Patriot Gamer Series PC3-10666 memory, we saw no difference in performance when testing Unreal Tournament at 1920x1200 or 1024x768 with DDR3-1333 memory using CAS7-6-6-16 or CAS9-9-9-24 timings. However WinRAR did show quite a significant difference, particularly upon boosting the memory frequency.  Again when testing with Unreal Tournament 3 we saw nearly no difference in performance at either resolution when comparing the Patriot Gamer Series PC3-10666 memory at 1333MHz and the overclocked 1750MHz frequency. Therefore we believe that Patriot has hit the nail on the head with their G series memory. By creating a high capacity memory kit with average timings, Patriot is able to offer users DDR3 kits on a budget. That said, the Patriot G-Series PC3-10666 memory does not look like a budget product, and therefore will still appeal to the target audience being gamers. Priced at just $95 US, the Patriot G-Series PC3-10666 memory is a great way to get your hands on a 6GB triple-channel DDR3 memory kit. Despite the affordable price tag and the lack luster specifications, we were pleasantly surprised by what the Patriot G-Series PC3-10666 memory could do when fine tuned. Although the memory is designed to operate at CAS9-9-9-24 when clocked at 1333MHz, we were able to reduce these timings to CAS7-6-6-16 which is remarkable.
Reviewed By Steven Walton |
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