Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263631AbTFDQ7g (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jun 2003 12:59:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263638AbTFDQ7g (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jun 2003 12:59:36 -0400 Received: from mta8-svc.business.ntl.com ([62.253.164.48]:56030 "EHLO mta8-svc.business.ntl.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263631AbTFDQ7d (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jun 2003 12:59:33 -0400 Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 18:15:01 +0100 (BST) From: William Gallafent X-X-Sender: williamg@officebedroom.oldvicarage To: LKML Cc: joe briggs Subject: OT: Re: impact of Athlon's slower front-side-bus (FSB) In-Reply-To: <1054565258.7494.34.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Message-ID: References: <200306020947.44520.jbriggs@briggsmedia.com> <1054565258.7494.34.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1112 Lines: 25 On Mon, 2 Jun 2003, Alan Cox wrote: > On Llu, 2003-06-02 at 14:47, joe briggs wrote: > > The fastest AMD single processor Athlon XP is 3200 with 400 Mhz FSB. > > The fastest AMD dual processor Athlon MP is 2800 but with only 266 Mhz FSB. > > > > So, for a multimedia application, which platform would be faster? How does > > the much slower FSB of the dual processor impact its ability to grab and > > crunch. Does its onboard cache make the slower speed FSB less important? > > Its really hard to tell. The 3200 has a bigger cache too if I remember > rightly. Yes, 512KB vs 256KB. The top "Barton" MP (2800+?) also has 512KB L2 onboard, and uses the same core as the top Athlon XPs, but sticks to 266MHz FSB since this is what's supported by 760MP(X) chipset. http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/26426.PDF -- Bill Gallafent. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/