DDR Question.

[Qubit]

So DDR is no big deal for a PIII but would it make a signiicant difference to dual processor boards?

If both processors are accessing memory simultaneously bandwidth is doubled - right...? Or are there architectural / exclusive access prohibitions on memory access?

Any thoughts...

 

[AndyHui]

The P6 AGTL+ bus (PPro, PII, Celeron, PIII) shares its bandwidth among all processors rather than "providing extra bandwidth" for each CPU like the point-to-point AMD EV6 bus.

Therefore the dual Pentium IIIs would not gain that much from DDR as it is still limited by the 133MHz FSB system bus.

 

[kolianich]

Hello Qubit! Do you consult me on my ASUS TX97-XE motherboard yesterday?

 

[Qubit]

Sorry kolianich - it was not me.

That was my first post on these boards!