Re: 533MHZ FSB VS 800MHZ FSB

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From: RJK (notatospam_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/06/04 

Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2004 00:08:14 +0100

Noone stopped to explain that there is no such thing as a 800mhz front side
bus anyway ! ....well there is some Intel jargon about a cpu internally
"quad-pumped" fsb but, the memory for that is only running at 200mhz on the
motherboard. So what's the fuss all about ?

...now wer'e going to get overclocker claims and posts along the lines of,
..."my Buck Rogers liguid nitrogen cooled machine with a satellite dish
sticking out the top of the system box - which was really only an
xp1800(1.53ghz) when I started - is now running at 4 and a half gigahertz,
and is really reliable ...and so now I run benchmarking software all the
time now because I haven't been able to get any other application software
running properly. :-)

regards, Richard

"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:OJNXgS6eEHA.2440@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> Unless you plan on high-end graphics or power gaming, a 533MHz FSB will be
> plenty fast for you. Remember that those advertised FSB speeds are
maximums
> that are usually used only with the maximum speed processor for that
> motherboard. Quite often, you will find that the real speed in use is
quite
> a bit less, and that's *still* plenty fast for the vast majority.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "WES" <WES@LONGCAST.NET> wrote in message
> news:F-Cdne0qXN3B3I7cRVn-iw@comcast.com...
> > I don't run any games. I do a few photos, but I don't think I would
ever
> > "push" the computer hard. I just do normal, everyday, type computing.
> All
> > other things being equal would I see any difference between a computer
> with
> > a 533MHZ FSB and an 800MHZ FSB? I have read responses to similar
> questions,
> > and the answer always ends up with some way out, complicated discussion
> that
> > ends with yet more questions. Is there a simple, uncluttered answer to
> this
> > question?
> > Thank you for your time.
> > WES
> >
> >
>
>

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