Computer talk? (For New Comers)

[Rubenski]

What does this mean?

This high-powered card dedicates 32MB of double data rate memory to ensure lifelike graphics. And with the ATI RADEON GPU, each full-motion movement scrolls out in full-color splendor.


What does this mean?

QuantiSpeed? architecture; 384KB total high-performance, full-speed cache; advanced 266MHz frontside bus with Error Correcting Code support

What does this mean?

Supports AMD Duron? and AMD Athlon? processors (1.5GHz ready); 200/266MHz frontside bus with VIA KT266 (8366/8233) chipsets


Whats the differnce between simm and dimm

Thanks if you can help im new to these stuff so maybe some smart person can answer these questions for me thanks = )

 

[edjam]

'Whats the differnce between simm and dimm'

Single Inline Memory Module and Double/Dual Inlien Memory Module (I think), basically, DIMMS are better.

 

[AndyHui]

<< This high-powered card dedicates 32MB of double data rate memory to ensure lifelike graphics. And with the ATI RADEON GPU, each full-motion movement scrolls out in full-color splendor. >>

Let's cut the crap. The ATI Radeon video card features 32MB of RAM on the card, to store video information. The video processor on the card is the ATI Radeon Graphics Processing Unit.



<< QuantiSpeed? architecture; 384KB total high-performance, full-speed cache; advanced 266MHz frontside bus with Error Correcting Code support >>

The Athlon XP is fast. They don't call this processor by its clock speed like Intel processors. They give it a comparative performance rating and call it Quantispeed. The processor has 384KB of very high speed memory to facilitate high performance. The processor communicates with the motherboard at 266MHz. ECC support means that errors are reduced.

SIMM is a Single Inline Memory Module. They had a bus width of 32-bits These were used with EDO RAM and are obsolete. DIMMs are Dual Inline Memory Modules. SDRAM and DDR SDRAM come in the DIMM format. They have a bus-width of 64-bits, meaning that they can transfer 64-bits of data in a single cycle.

 

[VBboy]

huh?

And of course google.com

 

[edjam]

Yeah, what Andy said

 

[Mltsao]

<< Supports AMD Duron? and AMD Athlon? processors (1.5GHz ready); 200/266MHz frontside bus with VIA KT266 (8366/8233) chipsets >>




This means exacally what it says. However with the latest BIOS... i believe almost all motherboards with the VIA KT266 chipset support any socket A CPUs. Currently this ranges from 600-1.2ghz duron (200mhz bus), athlon (thunderbird) 600-1.4ghz (both 200/266mhz bus), and the athlonXP 1600+ - 2000+. Not sure if all KT266 mobos support the 2000+ because it is fairly new.

Here is one of Anand's articles about the AthlonXP and its rating system

 

[Rubenski]

Wow u guys know alot thanks for clearing it up for me = )