Originally posted by: Viper96720
Is the serial ata integrated or still a separate chip? Was hard to tell from the review.
Originally posted by: oldfart
Humph...I see ~3 - 6% over SC DDR just like Granite Bay. I expected more. I need to see some more reviews. Looking forward to Evan's reviews.
Where do those numbers come from?Look at how inefficient it is, only getting about 1.8GBps out of that second 3.2 GBps channel.
Originally posted by: oldfart
Where do those numbers come from?Look at how inefficient it is, only getting about 1.8GBps out of that second 3.2 GBps channel.
I guess you are refering to the SiSoft 5000 score? I dont really trust SiSift, but lets say the score should have been more like 6200. I have one guess.Bandwidth is about 5.0 GBps out of a possible 6.4
Originally posted by: oldfart
I've wondered if the board makes would put in a mem divider to allow a 800 MHz FSB CPU to use PC2700 instead of PC3200 like the 4:3 that allowed 533 MHz FSB CPUs to use PC1600 instead of PC2100. To use PC2700 on an 800 MHz FSB CPU would be a ~6:5 ratio. That would bring a ~ 6200 score down to ~ 5000. Maybe they used such a divider and didn't know it? If there is a divider like that. it is good news for overclockers since you will need it to overclock an 800 MHz FSB CPU and still use available memory.
Originally posted by: jaeger66
Originally posted by: oldfart
Where do those numbers come from?Look at how inefficient it is, only getting about 1.8GBps out of that second 3.2 GBps channel.
Bandwidth is about 5.0 GBps out of a possible 6.4. The problem with the P4 has always been memory bandwidth lagging behind the fsb. Dual channel DDR was supposed to be the answer, but sadly it isn't so far. Example: DDR333 on a 533 fsb P4 gets you 2.7 GBPs of mem bandwidth with the 4.2GBps of the fsb. Or, about 64% of the fsb. Dual DDR 400 on a 800 fsb P4 gets you 5.0 GBps with the 6.4GBps of the fsb. Or, about 78%. Better, but hardly stellar.