<< Got mines today. 2 sticks of 256MB PC2100 DDR with purple heat spreaders. Looks very cool! >>
I also received my two sticks today, and they are exactly as described above; however, there is no way that I can tell whether or not this is the "high performance" type of ram by using the numbers on the ram itself, or on the outside of the packaging.
The heat spreaders do say "Mushkin Enhanced Memory Systems" on them, but the stickers do not state "high performance." I went to Mushkin's website, and found the following - note the distinction between DDR-266a and DDR-266b. Here is what I took off the website:
High Performance PC2100 DDR SDRAM
Our High performance PC2100 DDR SDRAM is the best DDR memory we have available. By combining the finest chips, printed circuit boards (PCBs) and our Mushkin heat spreader, these modules insure super fast performance and extreme stability even in the most demanding settings. PC2100 DDR uses either DDR-266a or DDR-266b chips. DDR-266b chips are rated for CAS2.5 at 266MHz operation. The DDR-266a chips are the fastest bin rated for CAS2 operation at 266MHz, we use these on our High Performance DDR SDRAM. These modules are programed for CAS 2-2-2 operation at 266MHz via the serial presence detect (SPD) EEPROM. PC2100 DDR is designed for use with CPUs which run on a 133MHz FSB (266MHz DDR). Although the increase in bus speed from 200MHz to 266MHz does translate to an increase in performance, a much larger gain comes from using DDR which runs at lower latencies. For this reason the High Performance DDR is our best DDR module available. By running at 266MHz at CAS 2-2-2 this is the fastest, most stable module available.
I wrote to Mushkin asking them to tell me what type of ram I received from Outpost and gave them every single number I found on the chips themselves and the outside packaging. When I get an answer, I will post what they say.
For those wondering why some of us seem to be so concerned about exactly what chips we received, in my case it has to be the Mushkin "high performance" ram because that is the only type that will work in my Tyan dual AMD motherboard.
'Nuff said..........so far at least!!!