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Introduction:

First a little about the company, OCZ Technology, Inc. Everyone refers to them as OCZ though. This next blurb is from their website:

“Entering the memory market in August 2000, OCZ Technology was built around the determination to manufacture the best high speed DDR and RDRAM. OCZ was founded by enthusiasts, for enthusiasts, and our commitment to the end-user has not digressed. OCZ Technology has been an innovator in many areas. We were the first manufacturer to make Dual Channel optimized memory av ailable to the public, which originally took advantage of nVidia's Twinbank or Dual DDR architecture, found in their nForce chipset. We have now taken that technology and tailored it for the Canterwood, and Granite Bay chipset's. OCZ developed and was the first to implement ULN technology, which has been a critical element in our manufacturing process for some time. We at OCZ diligently work to improve communication with CPU and motherboard chipset manufacturers prior to the release of their products. Only in this manner can we fine-tune our memory's SPD settings, ensuring a synergistic relationship between the memory module, memory controller, and microprocessor. In today’s rapidly evolving semiconductor industry, such communication is not simply research, but a necessary component of our manufacturing process.” ~ more info

I've reviewed countless memory products from OCZ over the years. The first product I reviewed way back in 2001 was the OCZ Titan 3 (Geforce 3). OCZ has come a long way since then. While they stopped manufacturing Video Cards, they are manufacturing other products like power supplies. They are best known though for their highly overclockable memory and wicked fast memory flash drives. OCZ is truly a company that caters to the hardcore computer user, and people who want to push every last drop of performance they can out of their system. They also offer some of the best warranties in the business and stand behind their products. It's great to know that when you purchase a product, and if there happen to be issues with it, the company is there for you. There are many companies in the same business as OCZ that will not do that and I commend OCZ for this. It means a lot to the customer, and a happy customer is a return customer.

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, and many more require a minimum of 2GBs to play at high resolution. Upcoming games being released later in 2006 and 2007 will further benefit from having 2GB of memory installed. Additionally, with Microsoft's new operating system (Vista) being released next year, it's important to be good and ready. I would recommend nothing short of 2GB of memory if you are considering upgrading to Vista next year. Also, most new memory has tight timing and can be pushed to very fast speeds. Let's see what this memory can do.