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[DavARei]

Granted, I'm a noob.
A semi knowlegeable noob.
But a noob none the less.

SO, after checking Viper's "new processor Rules on Bionic thread", I was wondering.
The Intel chips generally have a lower multi than AMD / but a higher bus.
~ AMD uses a 15 multi @ 200 to hit 3 G's.
~ Intel uses a 12 multi @ 250 to hit 3 G's ------- (I'm guestimating Intel's #'s / but isn't it sort of like that?)

Anyway, the ponderance is this:
Which is more important?
Higher Multi?
Higher Bus?

** I'm assuming bus.

[DavARei]

For clarification, I'm talking in a 'all other things being equal' sort of way.
Assuming that the mobo and RAM were constant in either scenario ...

[Camaro]

good question, to be honest on most of the older intels they had a higher multi, much higher in some cases, 20x an more.
the new ones are running on faster ram an faster bus's, I dont know what the am2's are doing seems to me they would be similer.

[DavARei]

From what I've seen, AM2 is still tied to the 200 MHz bus due to the incorporated mem controller.
The board that I have gives me the ability to crank it up to 500
Though I've only crossed a few threads that pushed it past 320.

I'm hoping with my RAM and this board, I'll be able to push 280 ...
and a multi of 12.5

The original thought was more along the lines of if it would be faster to run the board at 320, use a divider to get the RAM as high as I can (or 1:1 ) and then use the multi to get the CPU as high as she'll go without adding too much heat.

Edited by DavARei, 22 April 2007 - 08:54 PM.