K10 Scores starting to surface

[PhilDoc]

The memory bandwith should help K10 a lot.
Little L2 cache = Big bandwith dependance.

Barcelona got 1mo L2 Per core (512X4+2)/4.

Now compare any E2160 with E6600 at 333X9 and 333 ram, next try at same cpu freq but 666 ram or less. You'll see an hudge improvement for the E2160, and just a little for the E6600.

AMD is just launching this young boy, improving the caches size and frequency is already programmed.
I would like to see the barca with 4X2MoL2 and 8Mo L3 at start, but no ... no dreams yet

As I'm sure you remember from pioneering the gigabyte 939 board, memory and timming are very important. Seem to remember a few wr going to cpus running 200-300 mhz slower than the previous record, but with higher memory clocks. You can make up for a lot with a memory speed advantage.

[dave_graham]

As I'm sure you remember from pioneering the gigabyte 939 board, memory and timming are very important. Seem to remember a few wr going to cpus running 200-300 mhz slower than the previous record, but with higher memory clocks. You can make up for a lot with a memory speed advantage.

i'm actually waiting for someone to develop a BIOS that allows the MC and Cores to be synchronous again.

but that's just me.

dave

[PhilDoc]

i'm actually waiting for someone to develop a BIOS that allows the MC and Cores to be synchronous again.

but that's just me.

dave

I may be way off base, but I seem to remember that the core and the memory controller ran at two different speeds. If that's what you're refering to it would certainly help, but I assumed it was hard-wired and not something under bios control. If not let me know and I'll try and give you an intellegent comment, lol

[dave_graham]

I may be way off base, but I seem to remember that the core and the memory controller ran at two different speeds. If that's what you're refering to it would certainly help, but I assumed it was hard-wired and not something under bios control. If not let me know and I'll try and give you an intellegent comment, lol

they're 400mhz separated on a single power plane and 200mhz separated on a dual. *shrug*

i want them clocked together.

dave