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Running a bottleneck?

Discussion in 'Processors and Motherboards' started by acidosmosis, Mar 16, 2003.

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  1. acidosmosis TechSpot Chancellor

    In the PNP settings of my BIOS:

    CPU Speed: 133/133
    Core Voltage: 1.744V
    CPU Frequency: 133
    DRAM Freq: 133

    BUT... the AMD Athlon XP Processor that I have has a 266mhz bus. I am running a bottleneck arent I?
    acidosmosis, Mar 16, 2003
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  2. MrGaribaldi TechSpot Ambassador

    Nope... You're not bottlenecked... (at least in that regard)

    Your motherboard shouldn't be running more than 133Mhz when you've got an athlon with a 266Mhz FSB...

    The cpu effectivly doubles the FSB from 133 to 266, so it can transmit/receive data at twice the speed, without putting more stress on the other components...

    It's kinda like DDR, which doubles the data rate at the same speed...

    This is as good as explanation I can give you without becoming too technical...
    MrGaribaldi, Mar 16, 2003
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  3. Steg Newcomer, in training

    ok, if i understand those settings right u running pc133 ram wif and athlon xp - BIG bottleneck - get ddr 333 - much better

    Steg
    Steg, Mar 16, 2003
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  4. acidosmosis TechSpot Chancellor

    Where are you seeing PC133 ram? I have 512MB DDR PC2100...
    acidosmosis, Mar 16, 2003
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  5. young&wild TechSpot Chancellor

    He's running a DDR266, not a PC 133 if you take note of his specs carefully.
    young&wild, Mar 16, 2003
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  6. Steg Newcomer, in training

    ok - i apologoise - just because i cant read....

    Steg
    Steg, Mar 17, 2003
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  7. acidosmosis TechSpot Chancellor

    lol
    acidosmosis, Mar 17, 2003
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