PC100 vs. PC2100

[ShotgunSi]

As usual take my findings with a grain of salt.
First computer is an Athlon Thunberbird clocked at 10 X 121 = 1210 Mhz
Running PC100 memory, W2K SP2.
Results as recorded by SetiSpy

Date RA Hrs %Complete
2/14/02 0.549 6.434 100.00%
2/14/02 0.570 6.456 99.88%
2/14/02 1.385 5.951 99.99%
2/14/02 0.681 6.331 99.71%
2/15/02 0.427 6.492 100.00%
2/15/02 0.615 6.516 99.88%
2/19/02 0.424 6.514 100.00%

2nd system is a Duron 1.2 GHZ system running a stock 12x100 = 1200 Mhz
Running PC2100 DDR memory on a ECS K7S5A ( Picked up the cpu and mobo from Fry's for $109 )
Running Win98, etc etc.

Date RA Hrs %Complete
2/18/02 0.653 5.290 99.61%
2/18/02 0.425 5.356 100.00%
2/18/02 0.527 5.309 100.00%
2/18/02 0.425 5.348 99.77%
2/18/02 0.417 5.353 99.56%
2/19/02 0.418 5.354 99.48%
2/19/02 0.416 5.355 99.73%

Does the DDR vs. PC100 make that big of a difference? Or is somthing else going on here?

 

[Baldy18]

Yep it is the DDR vs. PC100 that makes the difference. Well ok the morgan core of the Duron helps too but I would think that would be offset my the higher FSB of the T-Bird.

 

[lane42]

Shotgun, you should download sisoft sandra and do a memory Bench, you'll see a big differance in the ALU and FPU between the 100 vs 2100.

 

[ShotgunSi]

<< Shotgun, you should download sisoft sandra and do a memory Bench, you'll see a big differance in the ALU and FPU between the 100 vs 2100. >>



I will have to try that soon. I'll be getting a Athlon XP 1700 soon too