14 DAY TRIAL // The soon-to-arrive X48-chipset based motherboards have brought another speed hysteria. Well, what would suit best your newly acquired motherboard than a set of ultra-rapid memory cards? Overclockers have already been heated by the dazzling speeds they could acquire, so the A-Data Technology Overclock memory team managed to deliver another high-performance DDR3 memory module to be pushed beyond the 2000MHz limit.
Built on top of the DDR3-1900X announced one month ago, the DDR3 2000X is the youngest member of the Vitesta family. Apart from the unmatched performance, the 2000MHz dual-channel kit would give the overclocker the right to be envied collectively.
CPU overclocking is usually limited by the memory clock, but A-Data's 2000MHz clock allows the overclocker to squeeze any bit of performance. A-Data Vitesta DDR3 2000X features memory latencies of 9-9-9-24 and reached over 13,000MB/S on the EVEREST Memory bandwidth read and write test.
The burn-in tests were performed by the company on Maximus Extreme ( Intel? X38 chipset) and Blitz Extreme (Intel? P35 chipset) boards, with memories working at 2.05 - 2.15V. Although the DDR3's latencies are much higher than in the case of DDR2 cards, the amazing speeds compensate generously.
The heatsink has been retouched to allow optimal heat dissipation, while under the hood, the enthusiast finds the original DDR3 famous Micron chips, thoroughly tested for maximum dual-channel compatibility. The company didn't announce when they would release the product on the market, nor the estimate prices, but they said that the memory modules will be available as 2GB modules and 2GB dual-kit modules.
A-Data announced the availability of the new 2000X series less than one month after they released the 1900X ones - a sign that the memory industry is moving fast to keep pace with the hardware development.