**correction: 450a vs. p2 550. sorry**
Back in the day i had my cel 300a at 450 with 100fsb and a friend had his fancy p2 550 or whatever and it seemed my system was just faster overall. We had the same mobo, vid card.
Today i see the same thing. I run my p3 500e at 750 with a 150fsb and he runs his p3 800(coppermine) at standard 100fsb and my system simply woops his. Even when he does overclock a tad (112fsb).
It seems to me that the primary performance boost u get is from the FSB being oc'd. So many people are rushing to hit 1ghz, but does it really mean that much if your still at around 100fsb (with cel2's or athlons)?
Why dont manufacturers focus more on upping the overall system bus instead of cramming every last little mgz it can out of their cpus when the difference in performance is marginal? I say its hype, people are fixated on high cpu speed. You ask your average guy/gal on the street about his/her computer all they know about it is "600mhz" or "800mhz". If i say mines 550 they assume theirs is better. Its the first thing on peoples minds. Its like horsepower in cars. Its overhyped and the industry is capitalizing on it.
Granted fsb's are going up, but very slowly compared to cpu speeds. They are way out of proportion i think, and your whole system ends up being one big overpriced bottleneck.
Maybe i'm not giving the industry enough time to adjust to the faster frequencies, because i'm sure they realize fsb's should go up. But what are they waiting for? ($$$?)
find the errors of my ways.
Back in the day i had my cel 300a at 450 with 100fsb and a friend had his fancy p2 550 or whatever and it seemed my system was just faster overall. We had the same mobo, vid card.
Today i see the same thing. I run my p3 500e at 750 with a 150fsb and he runs his p3 800(coppermine) at standard 100fsb and my system simply woops his. Even when he does overclock a tad (112fsb).
It seems to me that the primary performance boost u get is from the FSB being oc'd. So many people are rushing to hit 1ghz, but does it really mean that much if your still at around 100fsb (with cel2's or athlons)?
Why dont manufacturers focus more on upping the overall system bus instead of cramming every last little mgz it can out of their cpus when the difference in performance is marginal? I say its hype, people are fixated on high cpu speed. You ask your average guy/gal on the street about his/her computer all they know about it is "600mhz" or "800mhz". If i say mines 550 they assume theirs is better. Its the first thing on peoples minds. Its like horsepower in cars. Its overhyped and the industry is capitalizing on it.
Granted fsb's are going up, but very slowly compared to cpu speeds. They are way out of proportion i think, and your whole system ends up being one big overpriced bottleneck.
Maybe i'm not giving the industry enough time to adjust to the faster frequencies, because i'm sure they realize fsb's should go up. But what are they waiting for? ($$$?)
find the errors of my ways.