14 DAY TRIAL // While Intel has been playing with DDR2 memory modules for three years by now, AMD's AM2 platform, which was launched only for its additional DDR2 implementation, is just one year old. And AMD already plans the AM3 platform for 2008, but we won't be getting into this now. Anyway, the AM2 platform does not get along pretty well with the majority of DDR2 modules. This is why people turned AMD's new offer down and reoriented towards Intel's more mature technology or just remained true to their 939 platforms, which still provide decent performance for today's applications. But OCZ thought about this issue and came up with the first AM2-exclusive memory modules.
The AM2 DDR2 modules are now available in PC2-5400 Titanium memory kits, also being custom-tailored to the extended column address range of the AM2 memory controller. Specifically designed for the AM2 platform, OCZ's memories feature a doubled page size, greatly reducing access-time penalties to ultimately improve system performance. OCZ claims that the actual benefits of these improved AMD modules will be immediately noticed in CAD model processing and memory intense graphics applications such as filters in Adobe Photoshop or video processing, as well as graphics-intensive modern games.
The AM2 platform features an integrated DDR2 memory controller that hasn't been fully used as of yet. OCZ closely inspected the AM2 technological improvements and realized that with 11 column address bit support, the number of addresses in each row or page can be as high as 2048 individual entries for a page size of 16 kbits. These realizations were flawlessly integrated with the new Titanium AM2 memory modules that clearly prove to be superior to standard 10-bit column address chips with an 8k page size. Furthermore, the extended 2GB density which uses 16k pages allows the controller to stay "in page" twice as long compared to standard memory architectures, thereby achieving unparalleled performance.
The PC2-5400 AM2 Special modules are available in 4GB (2x2048MB) dual channel kits and feature 64-bit OS optimizations with default latencies set to 5-5-5-15. The modules are wrapped in titanium-mirrored XTC heatspreaders for the most effective heat dissipation.