Ask Ars: FSB and memory speeds

Zardon · Jul 11, 2004, 11:40 AM

No its not ask YOUR ... erm, anyway, Arstechnica have a good little article up breaking down fsb and memory setups.

"AMD and Intel came out with "double-pumped" and "quad-pumped" system buses, respectively, which increased the effective speed of the FSB. Whereas a conventional bus had one transaction per clock tick, a double-pumped bus had two transactions per tick and a quad-pumped bus four per tick. Thus, on a double-pumped AMD board, a 166 MHz FSB now had an effective speed of 333 MHz (166 x 2, add 1). On an Intel quad-pumped board, a 133 MHz FSB now had an effective speed of 533 MHz (133 x 4, add 1)."

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Jul 11, 2004, 11:40 AM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	Ask Ars: FSB and memory speeds No its not ask YOUR ... erm, anyway, Arstechnica have a good little article up breaking down fsb and memory setups. "AMD and Intel came out with "double-pumped" and "quad-pumped" system buses, respectively, which increased the effective speed of the FSB. Whereas a conventional bus had one transaction per clock tick, a double-pumped bus had two transactions per tick and a quad-pumped bus four per tick. Thus, on a double-pumped AMD board, a 166 MHz FSB now had an effective speed of 333 MHz (166 x 2, add 1). On an Intel quad-pumped board, a 133 MHz FSB now had an effective speed of 533 MHz (133 x 4, add 1)." head over here