When Kingston announced this memory four months ago, they got all pompous about it, "the holy grail" (no less). Now that it's available, we can put that claim to the test with the people at GotFrag Hardware.

Is it really that good? The same question pops up every time a new memory kit with very low latencies hits the market: will it be better than the faster (but with higher latencies) modules already on sale?

You can either go read their article or consider these facts:

- Half Life 2 Episode 1 @ minimum details: 103,56 vs 106,24
- Counter Strike Source @ minimum details: 138,21 vs 140,15
- Call of Duty 2 @ default options: 34,5 vs 35,3
- Elder Scroll: Oblivion @ default options: 51 vs 53

All tests performed at 1600x1200 with a Core 2 Duo 6700 running on an  EVGA nForce 680i. The graphics card is just a GeForce 7800GT, but we can see that even with an old card the advantage the faster modules hold over the new ones is very small. It will all come to which is a better deal for you or whether you need an overclocking kit.

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