Game Play & Performance

Kid tested and parent approved game performance! The Team Group Xtreem DDR PC-4000 2x 1024MB Cronus Edition rocks under these game titles, we rigorously tested this ram using these game titles and our results where outstanding! No more bottlenecks, no more swap file warping and lag associated with swap file creation and usage with only 1024MB of ram. The 2GB memory kit allows these games to run smooth with flicker free video and made our experience a better one. These games ran stable all the way up to a 250MHz FSB and offered a considerable performance increase with an average boost of about 5-9 frame rates running these game titles at 250MHz.

Quake 4 runs fine with 1024MB systems but with 2048MB, it's that much better, Quake 4 rocks with intense fight scenes and hellish video sequence's making this epic title one to remember and the Team Group Xtreem PC-4000 Cronus Edition rocks this title like never before. With the 2GB Xtreem Edition memory, Quake 4 lives up to all its expectations and beyond.

We all know Battlefield 2 is very dependent on system resources and with the Team Group Xtreem PC-4000 Cronus Edition stuffed into out system, this game title finally started running like it should. Last month we found this out with our last large density storage review and the Xtreem 2GB DDR500 Edition rocks this title just the same.

When Battlefield 2: Special Forces was announced, this game was going to be had by me! There was no way in hell I was going pass this one up. So while this game just keeps getting better with this release, the game engine is still very dependent on extended ram and running this Team Group memory, the system just powers through Battlefield 2: Special Forces like a bull dozer! The 2GB really does make a serious difference with these two Battlefield 2 titles.

Serious Sam II was not one for my favorite releases, but none-the-less, this title is fun and offers some serious excitement so I decided to load we up with both 1024MB, and 2048MB configurations and did not really notice any difference, so this game operates just fine on systems configured with only 1024MB.

For Call of Duty 2 and all the rest of the games, our system was set to run on a totally default configuration for out of the box performance testing. I personally played each titled for some hours to get the low down on the benefits on using 2048MB. With Call of Duty 2 the 2GB kit from Team Group does quite well and the game runs smoother than ever.

Our conclusions is on some titles, yes 2GB is necessary for the ultimate in smooth game performance, however on most titles, 1024MB or 2048MB does not make that much of a difference, so if you are experiencing jerky game play caused by bad swap hits on titles like Battlefield 2, Quake 4, Call of Duty 2, Metal of Honor, then yeah 2048MB is the sizzle. In essence, when looking for some decent memory you first look for a good 2GB dual channel kit and than you will just need to decide on which brand to get. As we saw today, I wouldn't look much further and go for the Xtreem series brought to you by Team Group.