Re: DRAM to CPU Frequency Ratio (Athlon)

From: Stephen Frost (sfrost@ns.snowman.net)
Date: Fri Aug 04 2000 - 10:11:00 EST


On Fri, 4 Aug 2000, Ookhoi wrote:

> Hi Stephen,
>
> Like? And should the faster ratio not make a little difference with a
> kernel compile?

        Disk? CPU computation time? Other things. A kernel compile is
not exactly what you want if you're trying to benchmark memory IO speeds.

> Oke, then I do understand the option. So if I have 133MHz capable
> memory, the 4:3 ratio _should_ make a noticeable difference. But it
> doesn't. Now I'm curious why. :-)

        There are other limiting factors. This is not that hard to
understand. :)

                Stephen

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