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latest speedgrade of the Athlon64 family
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| Tue Jan 06, 2004 | 3:12A| PermaLink |
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AMD has released the latest speedgrade of the Athlon64 family dubbed Athlon64 3400+, sporting the same core frequency as the elusive Athon64 FX-51. However, in contrast to the latter, the Athlon64 3400+ only features a single memory controller and uses the 754 pin form factor, which makes it suitable for a number of budget and not so budget boards.
Aside from the obvious, that is the clash between Intel and AMD in the battle for desktop processor supremacy, there is the lingering question of how much a dual channel memory controller really buys, compared to a single channel solution. In addition, the question is whether the additional latencies of the registered memory have any impact on performance. To rephrase, could it be that a lower latency, lower bandwidth memory interface proves superior compared to a dual channel configuration with extra latencies.
That exactly this may be the case is probably the most open secret in the enthusiast community. Maybe some day even the memory manufacturers may hear of that but I am getting ahead of myself.
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FULL STORY @
LOSTCIRCUITS
(http://www.lostcircuits.com/cpu/amd_a643400/)
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