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RightMark Bandwidth

The pattern is obvious. Fast FSB and low latency wins for writes, and since writes make up a good portion of the RightMark bandwidth test, the PC8500 memory loses out to a high FSB PC8000 test with lower latency. Not that it loses by a significant margin, and it does take the next three spots. Again, excellent performance.

RightMark Latency

This is where we see the latency issues of DDR2. The lower latency PC5400 memory running at 3-2-2-7 timing and a fast FSB comes out with the lowest measured latencies - not a surprise. We can also see that DDR2 even with higher latencies can still turn in a decent performance overall (for latency) - as long as it can run at a high enough frequency. The PC8500 memory proves this by taking the next four top spots.