theMonster
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I'm a bit confused on the Intel and AMD bus speeds. I have an XP mobile 2600 at this point but will go dual-core later this year and want faster memory NOW. In trying to decide what speed to get, I'm getting confused on something.
How can AMD and Apple for that matter say they have a 1GHZ memory bus, then Intel say they have one in the 800s when the fastest DDR I've seen is PC5000 or 250MHZ?
Is it on a multiplier now or something? Like 250mhzx4 or are they counting 250mhz per pipe with 4 pipes in HyperTransport? I doubt the latter is the case because then how would Intel be getting bus speeds in the 800mhz range.
Anybody know?
How can AMD and Apple for that matter say they have a 1GHZ memory bus, then Intel say they have one in the 800s when the fastest DDR I've seen is PC5000 or 250MHZ?
Is it on a multiplier now or something? Like 250mhzx4 or are they counting 250mhz per pipe with 4 pipes in HyperTransport? I doubt the latter is the case because then how would Intel be getting bus speeds in the 800mhz range.
Anybody know?