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**HAL9000** · 11-02-2003, 08:10 PM

The new AMD has an internal memory controller which in a way, yes, gives it a 1600Mhz FSB... BUT the speed from the memory controller to the RAM itself is actually only 400Mhz. So to call it a 1600Mhz FSB isn't entirely accurate.

11-02-2003, 08:10 PM	#12
HAL9000 Red-eyed Moderator Staff Premium Member Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 17,575	The new AMD has an internal memory controller which in a way, yes, gives it a 1600Mhz FSB... BUT the speed from the memory controller to the RAM itself is actually only 400Mhz. So to call it a 1600Mhz FSB isn't entirely accurate. __________________ -At Ford, quality is job #1, job #2 is making them explode. ~Norm MacDonald, SNL News -Switching to Glide..Balancing in my head..inside of me... taking the glide path instead.