Thanks for the link to that article. It does answer my question to some extent.
What I inferred is that since the SR processors don't have a significantly higher IPC (instructions per clock cycle) than their predecessors then the bus speed is not going to make a significant impact for most...
I'm basically trying to understand what the 800MHz FSB in Santa Rosa means from a performance standpoint.
In all the Santa Rosa specs I've seen, the Santa Rosa CPUs support an 800MHz FSB. My understanding is that this means the CPU to PM965/GM965 bus operates at 800MHz.
AFAIK, the...
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