cache, front side bus??? wot do they mean?

[lp41]

hi every1,

nowadays most computer's CPUs are advertised with front side BUS and cache. i was just wonderin wot do they mean and r they important?

cheers

 

[Professor]

CPU 101

 

[Charlie7940]

Have a look at CPU 101

hehe you beat me to it

 

[Professor]

You gotta be a little quicker on the draw..

 

[M0ddingMan1a]

if u 2 were in a gun show down, professor would blow ur head off already, LMAO

 

[lp41]

woooooo, chill out people. this is my fault cos i couldn't b bothered 2 read 'CPU 101' but i will...

 

[apj101]

nowadays most computer's CPUs are advertised with front side BUS and cache.

cache = yes, quite important (but size is not everything)
fsb (front side bus) = the cpus are lying to you, what they say is fsb is really something else entirely

 

[dragon2309]

front side bus speed and the bus speed are two different things and advertisers use the higer FSB to baffle people into buying the PC. Read CPU101 and it should expolain most things.

 

[Praetor]

fsb (front side bus) = the cpus are lying to you, what they say is fsb is really something else entirely

CPUs lying? Usually not ... more likely the marketing people are

 

[apj101]

CPUs lying? Usually not ... more likely the marketing people are

lol
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