Question about Multiplier and Front Side Bus

[cthunder]

If I have a computer that is overclocked to run at 2200Mhz. And lets say its done with either 12.5 x 176 or 11 x 200 where is the performance difference? What type of things that I will be doing with my computer where I would notice the performance difference by having a higher FSB (the 200 over the 176)? Is it something where things loads up faster? If I am converting AVI to Mpeg would one be faster then the other or would they complete at the same time?

And lets say I have my computer at 2376 (13.5 x 176) would it be faster the someone who has their computer at the 2200 (11 x 200), regardless of the 200 frontside bus?


I could use some clarification.


Thanks!!!

 

[Jeff7181]

If your RAM is still running slow then there's no benefit to running a higher FSB. But usually when you increase the FSB of an Athlon XP you keep the RAM in sync, so everyone assumes that your RAM is running at that speed as well. So... that being said... with a higher FSB you can move info in and out of RAM faster... that's where the performance increase comes from. However, if you can run 176 Mhz faster by using a lower FSB, then you'll probably have better performance with the lower FSB and higher core speed.

 

[cthunder]

Well the thing about that is that I will be using Kingston Hyper X 2700. I've read that one can overclock it to around 160-180 while still being able to maintain 2-2-2-5. So thats why I am wondering since I will be working with the 2700 instaed of the 3200. So the goal is to set the FSB to like the 170's and make sure that the BIOS has it set to have a 1:1 ratio between the FSB and Ram. Then set the Multiplier between 11-14 and see what happens. (At least I think so... lol)

Thanks for the response.