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rokz82

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Would I get better performance using an Intel 524 CPU (3.0 GHz @ 533 FSB) with PC4200 Memory @ 533 mhz


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using an Intel 530 CPU (3.0 GHz @ 800 FSB) with PC4200 Memory @ 533 mhz ????


The highest memory the MotherBoard accepts is pc4200 @ 533 mhz, but it can take up to a 1066 FSB CPU.

I was wondering if the 524 CPU combination would give better performance than the 530 CPU combination

due to the fact that the 524 fsb equals that of the PC4200 Memory.
 
rokz82 said:
Would I get better performance using an Intel 524 CPU (3.0 GHz @ 533 FSB) with PC4200 Memory @ 533 mhz


or


using an Intel 530 CPU (3.0 GHz @ 800 FSB) with PC4200 Memory @ 533 mhz ????


The highest memory the MotherBoard accepts is pc4200 @ 533 mhz, but it can take up to a 1066 FSB CPU.

I was wondering if the 524 CPU combination would give better performance than the 530 CPU combination

due to the fact that the 524 fsb equals that of the PC4200 Memory.
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I would get the 530 cause it has a faster FSB than the 524 and therefore will be faster.
 
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As a general rule: more BUS = more :D

You want more memory bandwidth so that you don't stall the CPU (it has work to do but can't because it's waiting for a memory transaction) more than necessary.
 
theres a difference between stalling a pentium 4 and stalling a core 2 duo. the core 2 duo isn't bottlenecked barely by a 1066mhz fsb and the core 2 quad will be much more bottlenecked by the memory bandwidth. were talking a pentium 4, which in my opinion would run just fine with 533mhz fsb and wouldn't be bottlenecked at all.
if the difference in money is more than $30 then i'd just get the cheaper one.
the bus frequency may bottleneck a pentium d at 3.6ghz.. of course that has an 800mhz fsb not a 533mhz fsb.
 
uh....no.​
A prescott has a 45 mile lone pipeline, it's easily bottlenecked/stalled through the bus. Have you ever wondered why Intel kept making the bus faster? or adding more cache?
 

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533mhz fsb wont bottleneck it unless he has faster memory than ddr2 533.
if he had ddr2 800 memory, then it would bottlneck by a lot.
i'd also like to see where the processor performance difference is.
what i need is a cpu benchmark (not memory benchmark, we arent talking memory performance) that proves the 533mhz fsb bottnecks...
i cant find any tests that prove the 800mhz fsb to be much better on a p4 at 3ghz.
I was wondering if the 524 CPU combination would give better performance than the 530 CPU combination
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the 530 would perform a little better because of a little bit extra memory bandwidth... but not by a marginal amount.
if the difference is more than even $20 then definitely get the 524 just because the extra fsb isnt even worth $20 in my mind.

the only time the extra fsb ever really bottlenecks is when you have a real powerhouse of a cpu, such as the core 2 quad.
i mean a 1066mhz fsb will bottleneck that when all 4 cores are being used... but this thing only gets bottlenecked by a small amount and the processor we're talking about is less than 1/2 as powerful, possibly less than 1/3 as powerful as the core 2 quad that gets bottlenecked by the fsb.
 
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How curiously irritating. Let me see if I can find some that work. Update: Full Article found.
 
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