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Anonymous   04-12-2001 at 11:50:55 PM

I am trying to decide on specs for my new AMD Athlon based computer, Is it better for performance to have a 1.0 speed processor with PC2100 DDR memory (266 FSB), or a 1.3 speed processor with PC1600 (200FSB). It seems to me that I think at these high of CPU speeds the memory will matter more,... but.. I wanted to ask the forum. - Thanks

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ksoth   04-13-2001 at 12:32:02 AM
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You'll see better performance with the 1.3 gHz processor over the 1.0 gHz processor, simply because of the 30% speed increase. The price difference between PC2100 and PC1600 DDR SDRAM isn't too much, so why don't you go for the 1.33 gHz Athlon with PC2100 RAM?

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Raystonn   04-13-2001 at 02:47:41 AM
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Go for the faster CPU. The high speed DDR memory has a protocol flaw which causes more memory bus collisions than successful accesses. You won't see any performance gains.

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Crashman   04-13-2001 at 09:12:53 AM
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Why would you ask such a stupid question? Get the 1.33 and the PC2100! PC2100 is cheap at www.crucial.com! You would not save a significant amount of maney with the PC1600, in fact it probably cost more!

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