3GM Review #957: Manufacturer: GeIL Provided by: GeIL Model: EVO ONE PC2-8500 Rating: KICKASS Sales: buy | BUY NOW! Additional Info/Comments

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Introduction:

First a little about the company. Most of us know Crucial, but their official corporate name is GeIL – Golden Emperor Int’l Ltd. This next blurb is from their website:

“GeIL – Golden Emperor Int’l Ltd. – is the worlds’ leading IT (memory module & CE) manufacturer that concentrates in designing the most innovative product for consumers in a wide variety of market segments. Our culture is based on a long-lasting commitment to customer satisfaction. GeIL is determined to produce the most advanced product with absolutely the lowest rate of return for every GeIL customer to receive the quality, performance and dependability they deserve. Established in 1993, GeIL has soon become one of the most professional memory module manufactures in the industry. Since then GeIL has been concentrating in memory module design and manufacturing. As of today, our manufacturing facilities employ over 200 people and produce a wide variety of modules with distribution in over 50 countries worldwide. GeIL’s Global Headquarter resides in the heart of computer technology – Taipei with branches spreading over in Hong Kong, China and U.S.A. Our diverse product lines also include consumer electronic product. In order to produce this wide range of performance products with the best of quality, GeIL has implemented a stringent, company-wide, quality control standard of excellence. GeIL’s introduction of EVO II IC/Module Tester has raised the bar of DRAM manufactures’ ability in R&D of IC/memory module sorting technology. This is just the beginning...” ~ more info

I've reviewed countless memory products from GeIL over the years. The first product I reviewed in 2002 was the GeIL PC3500 433MHz DDR Platinum Series Memory (512MB). GeIL has come a long way since then. They are best known for their highly overclockable ONE series memory. Their new line is the EVO ONE so it will be interesting to see how this performs. There's no disputing that GeIL has some of the fastest memory on the market.

The demands that are put on memory these days are enormous. With image/video editing packages and games requiring more and more memory, 1GB of memory is hardly enough anymore. Games like Battlefield 2142, F.E.A.R., Splinter Cell Double Agent, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and many more require a minimum of 2GBs to play at high resolution. Upcoming games being released in 2007 will further benefit from having 2GB of memory installed. Games like Medal of Honor: Airborne, Bioshock, and Crysis definitely aid from 2GB of memory. As a matter of fact, if you can afford it, go with 4GB. Additionally, Microsoft Windows Vista operating system requires more memory than XP. I would recommend nothing short of 4GB of memory if you are installing Vista (x64), especially since DDR2 is very affordable. Thankfully this memory kit is available in 4GB dual channel kits. Let's get on with the review.