by tazdevl on Fri Jun 06, 2003 2:47 pm
Depends, most RAM does run synchronously. There are different memory dividers you can mess with so memory is running fast but asynchronously.
Intel's bus speeds are on a quad pumped bus. What that means is that a 400MHZ Intel bus is really 100MHZ, 800MHZ is 200MHZ in reality.
Getting a new 2.4C is a good call because not only can you OC the hell out of it, but it has hyperthreading which tricks the OS (assuming you have XP or 2K) into thinking its a multiprocessor system. Pretty nice when you're able to do 2-3 solid CPU intensive tasks at once with no slowdowns.
2ghz+ celerons are the only ones based on the northwood core. The other problem is that they have less on-die (CPU) cache... which cripples them.
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