I'm a bit confused. The new Core 2 Duos (Merom?) have an FSB of 667Mhz. When I select RAM for my C2D notebook, is it correct that I would want 667MHz instead of 533Mhz? This would be opposite to the Core 2 Duos for desktops which have an FSB 0f 1066Mhz which would be better served by 533Mhz RAM. Right? (In this latter case, anything above 533 would be wasted?)
The core 2 duo (mobil) has a 667 front sidee bus, and can utilize the DDR2-667 bandwidth.
In my tests, if you get low latency DDR2-533 or the regular DDR2-667 they are about hte same.
It really depends on how you utilize the RAM. If you are doing large transfers all the time compared to alot of ever changing smaller size transfers, this will change the "perfect" memory choice.
Ultimately, what Intel did to compensate for the memory controller being off-chip was to increase the cache size to 4 MB. Either one you choose will be fine, and right now, the fastest notebook RAM you can get is the 667 MHz.
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