Monday Reviews

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The enthusiast memory market is a tough spot in the industry at this point. It is difficult to stay competitive when every manufacturer is introducing its enthusiast and gamer line of memory products with a few twists and turns. Of course, more competition means better products for end consumers at hopefully affordable prices. We have one such market segment that is starting to reignite with the introduction of Samsung's low latency ICs

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The 9550 is not the purchase that hardcore gamers will consider. Casual gamers will enjoy the fact that at the “low” stock speeds, games such as Return to Castle Wolfenstein and Unreal Tournament should play very well in moderate resolutions. Where this card excels is in the Home Theatre PC niche. The output to TV, especially HDTV, provides a crystal-clear picture that must be seen to be believed. Tack on the video-in capabilities and a software bundle that makes the whole video experience a much easier affair, and you've got a great value for not much money.

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Wow!! Do you know how many times I've started a review with the word "WOW"? This is my first time. It's not too often that a product like this will get me excited enough to say "wow". But I have to admit that when I was testing this stuff, I was laughing out loud in excitement. OCZ really did a great job with this memory. They have been stepping up to the plate for a while now. Usually they are the first to come out with the ultra high performing memory. But if someone beats them to the market with something, it's usually only a short time before OCZ comes out with something better. I, like most of the staff, was very impressed with the Corsair memory that Matt reviewed a few weeks ago. We just thought that was the pinnacle for 3200 performance. Man were we wrong.