theoretical question

[fuzzynavel]

If you had 2 identical processors which differed only in FSB and multiplier as follows

11 x 218 = 2398MHz
10 x 240 = 2400MHz

incidentally HT speed is the same too....(may as well make the processors A64's)
would the performance be identical or are there other factors. Please discount system speed increases because of the faster ram etc....I just want to know about the CPUs

 

[Machine350]

The 10x240 should be slightly faster

 

[fuzzynavel]

The 10x240 should be slightly faster

I presume u are looking at the 2MHz difference....negligible and un-noticable in real world terms.....I was wondering if there were any other little things that I don't know about

 

[SaturnX]

He's not looking at the 2 Mhz difference, rather by increasing the FSB of the system you increase the overall transmission of ALL data through the system's pipelines. With a faster bus, data will be transferred quicker across the IDE channels, PCI Bus, and to/from the CPU. This is why the 10x240 would be slightly faster. Since the transmission is occuring at 240Mhz, rather than 218Mhz

--Mark

 

[Machine350]

SaturnX nailed it