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I have conducted a few tests with the same system at the same clock of about 2.5gigs, only with different multiplier and fsb in orde to show the effects of higher FSB.
AMD Mobile Barton 2600+ IQYHA 0351
DFI Lanparty Ultra B
OCZ PC3700EB @ stock timings -->8-2-3-3
ATI Radeon PRO->XT @ 425.25/375.25
166x15 = 2490Mhz (2500 according to windows) 15.5 multi unavailable
Sandra CPU Arithmetic Benchmark: 10,363
3DMark '01 SE: 17,874
SuperPI: 45 seconds
Aquamark03: 43,085 with a Graphics score of 6,090 and a CPU score of 7,368
200x13 = 2600Mhz 12.5 multi unavailable
Sandra CPU Arithmetic Benchmark: 10,782
3DMark '01 SE: 19,517
SuperPI: 40 seconds
Aquamark03: 45,657 with a Graphics score of 6,240 and a CPU score of 8,509
210x12 = 2520Mhz
Sandra CPU Arithmetic Benchmark: 10,200
3DMark '01 SE: 19,500
SuperPI: 41 seconds
Aquamark03: 45,742 with a Graphics score of 6,222 and a CPU score of 8,635
245x10.5 = 2572.5Mhz
Sandra CPU Arithmetic Benchmark: 10,600
3DMark '01 SE: 20,500
SuperPI: 39 seconds
Aquamark03: 47,028 with a Graphics score of 6,279 and a CPU score of 9,371
Conclusion: It appears as if the higher FSB has had very minimal effect on those tests, thus cauusing me to question why on earth I shelled out $345 on PC3700 memory when I could have been satisfied with some PC3200. I would have expected a greater jump in performance with the higher FSB, but it does not appear that way.
Please post your comments.
AMD Mobile Barton 2600+ IQYHA 0351
DFI Lanparty Ultra B
OCZ PC3700EB @ stock timings -->8-2-3-3
ATI Radeon PRO->XT @ 425.25/375.25
166x15 = 2490Mhz (2500 according to windows) 15.5 multi unavailable
Sandra CPU Arithmetic Benchmark: 10,363
3DMark '01 SE: 17,874
SuperPI: 45 seconds
Aquamark03: 43,085 with a Graphics score of 6,090 and a CPU score of 7,368
200x13 = 2600Mhz 12.5 multi unavailable
Sandra CPU Arithmetic Benchmark: 10,782
3DMark '01 SE: 19,517
SuperPI: 40 seconds
Aquamark03: 45,657 with a Graphics score of 6,240 and a CPU score of 8,509
210x12 = 2520Mhz
Sandra CPU Arithmetic Benchmark: 10,200
3DMark '01 SE: 19,500
SuperPI: 41 seconds
Aquamark03: 45,742 with a Graphics score of 6,222 and a CPU score of 8,635
245x10.5 = 2572.5Mhz
Sandra CPU Arithmetic Benchmark: 10,600
3DMark '01 SE: 20,500
SuperPI: 39 seconds
Aquamark03: 47,028 with a Graphics score of 6,279 and a CPU score of 9,371
Conclusion: It appears as if the higher FSB has had very minimal effect on those tests, thus cauusing me to question why on earth I shelled out $345 on PC3700 memory when I could have been satisfied with some PC3200. I would have expected a greater jump in performance with the higher FSB, but it does not appear that way.
Please post your comments.
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