Wrong man, performance is supreme. Platinum makes it look great, the real thing is the copper underneat.
If you had GEIL stick you would know they are the heaviest sticks around, because of copper.
I think only OCZ are this good, but I did not try OCZ EL GOLD, else I do have about 1 gig of Performance series and those are good but not DDR500. Geil rules as far as I am concerned, in my stable. I have 2 gig of Ultra Platinum PC 3500 and PC 4000, I have 1 gig more of PC 4200 coming, no need for any other brand as far as I am concerned. In AMD systems quite a different picture though, but hey that is what Winbond BH-5 and CH-5 are for.