RE: new computer buying
- From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 10:32:17 -0400
Actually, this advice isn't quite correct, as it depends a lot on the
amount of L2 cache memory you have (as this cache memory isn't accessed
via the bus, it's not effected by the bus speed, so you can see
considerable improvements without having a faster bus speed).
It also doesn't help to have a bus speed any faster than your main
memory can support.
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> [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sean M McMahon
> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 6:04 PM
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> Subject: Re: new computer buying
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> Wow my 400 mhz computer seems really old, untill about a=20
> month ago I had xp-pro running on a 450. For newness I see=20
> your point. If you get a fast processor get it with a faster=20
> hardrive. Get a faster processor with a faster buss speed. =20
> If you see something like 2.0GHZ with 500MHZ buss, that's ok.=20
> You probably don't need to know what the buss is, but you=20
> won't get any increase in performance from a processor unless=20
> your buss speed is 1/4 of your processor speed. This is just=20
> going off of some advise I got from a guy at ibm about 5=20
> years ago, so take it for what it's worth. I know that a=20
> friend of mine runns a computer with twice the processor=20
> speed as mine same buss speed and there's little difference.
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