motherbaord and cpu help

[slmarker]

Hello I am buying a amd 9950 my current motherboard supports am2+ but does not have 2600mhz frontside bus it is only 1000mhz fsb how much performance will I gain with buying a new motherboard?? For instance if I keep my current motherboard (1000mhz frontside bus) and a winrar file takes 5 minutes to unpack using the the 9950 how much less time will it take with the 2600mhz front side bus motherboard. Or how many fps on games will I gain with a new board?
Thank you for your time

 

[yomamafor1]

Which motherboard do you have now?

One thing to note is that all AM2 motherboard has 1000Mhz HTT (or FSB if you prefer), therefore 9950 is definitely compatible with your board. Another thing to note is that majority of desktop applications do not use that much bandwidth, if at all. Therefore you see Intel's offering kicking the crap out of AMD's offering, even though Intel CPU has less bandwidth than AMD's.

 

[Wisecracker]

Which motherboard do you have now?

One thing to note is that all AM2 motherboard has 1000Mhz HTT (or FSB if you prefer), therefore 9950 is definitely compatible with your board. Another thing to note is that majority of desktop applications do not use that much bandwidth, if at all. Therefore you see Intel's offering kicking the crap out of AMD's offering, even though Intel CPU has less bandwidth than AMD's.

In this case, it appears yes, the bandwidth helps ...

WinRAR: Tom's CPU Charts
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AMD Phenom 9700
Agena, 2400/200, AMD 790FX, 800, Socket AM2+, 2x 64+64KB, 2 MB L2 + 2 MB L3
164.00 sec

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Kentsfield, 2400/266, P35, 800, Socket 775, 32+32kB, 8 MB L2
177.00 sec

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
Conroe, 2400/266, P35, 800, Socket 775, 32+32kB, 4 MB L2
181.00 sec

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ (F2)
Windsor, 2400/200, NF590, 800, Socket AM2, 2x 64+64KB, 1MB L2
211.00 sec


It would seem that the 2600MHz HT of the AM2+ 790fx is a major contributory factor and (at least in the case of Intel), SSE4 instructions provide minimal boost (see e8400 v. e6850 on the full chart).

Hard to quantify with gaming ... when in doubt, it's the GPU

 

[yomamafor1]

In this case, it appears yes, the bandwidth helps ...

WinRAR: Tom's CPU Charts
=on&prod[1275]=on&prod[1262]=on&prod[1242]=on]http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/cpu-charts-2008-q1-2008/compare,402.html?prod[1308]=on&prod[1275]=on&prod[1262]=on&prod[1242]=on

You're not reading what I wrote.

Another thing to note is that majority of desktop applications do not use that much bandwidth