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Schryver   02-02-2003 at 04:43:15 AM

Couple questions bout the canterwood for you guys...

1)Turbo mode... what's up with that? What's it do/does it make that much of a difference?
2)How does it differ from the springdale chipset(other than turbo mode)?
3)When do we get it?
4)It's prescott compatable, right?

I fully expect this chipset to be more impressive than Granite Bay has turned out to be.

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by schryver on 02/02/03 02:16 AM.</EM></FONT></P>

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Crashman   02-02-2003 at 07:02:47 AM
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Am I the only one here who thinks the name sounds a little perverse?

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Schryver   02-02-2003 at 08:00:14 AM
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Get your mind outta the gutter, Crashman. ;-)

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by schryver on 02/02/03 03:51 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

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Schryver   02-03-2003 at 03:47:21 AM
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Anyone? I have found answers to pretty much all of these, except I still don't understand how it's different from Springdale.

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Karlsbad   02-03-2003 at 09:38:29 AM
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How bout posting some URL's with the answers you found?

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Schryver   02-03-2003 at 11:41:51 AM
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Ask and ye shall recieve. :)

1) <A HREF="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=6750" target="_new">Turbo mode details!</A> If you're lazy, like me, just read the following excerpt:

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More details have emerged about this Turbo mode. It lets system level performance be tweaked, but only operates on 800MHz system buses and using DDR (double data rate) 400. Intel is telling its customers that they can expect a performance increase on multiple system level benchmarks, with fast silicon and special manufacturing allowing lower latency paths from the system bus to the 4GB of system memory.

That's done by using faster paths and bypassing paths, with the memory controller (MCH) imprivng the timings from processor to the DRAM.

A special, so-called, "dynamic mode" optimises the system memory. Intel gives some examples for this using double sided, matched DIMMs, single sided matched DIMMs, double and single sided unmatched DIMMs.


Basically, if you're running 800 MHz FSB, you push the button and it magically goes faster. Good enough for me!

2)Unless someone corrects me, I'm thinking that "turbo mode" is the only difference between the Canterwood and the Springdale chipset. Oh, and it's not called "turbo mode" anymore, but rather "performance acceleration technology," or PAT. Isn't that quaint, they came up with an acronym that's the same as the creator's first name. (gag)

3)<A HREF="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=7450" target="_new">Info on the above and following point here.</A> In brief:

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Intel's 875P chipset – PAT -- will be offered in the second quarter of this year, including support for the 800MHz and 533MHz system buses and supporting both DDR 400 and 333 and the famous Serial ATA "standard".


So there ya go, Q2 of this year. Yay.

4)Yes, Canterwood supports Prescott. <A HREF="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=7295" target="_new">Don't believe me?</A> Actually, I'd recommend going to that page and then clicking the link that reads "on this page." You get a rather humorous error message.

Hope I helped.

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Schryver   02-03-2003 at 11:46:46 AM
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Oh, one more thing (and this probably deserves a separate post)... it is possible that "turbo mode" or PAT or whateverthehell you want to call it can only be activated when you have the FSB set to <i>exactly</i> 800 MHz. I'm getting this from that first link up there. See where I'm going with this one?

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