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Re: filmscanners: Win2K system requirements
quoton@dial.kfu.com (Quoton) wrote:
> Michael Wilkinson wrote:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "IronWorks" <ironworks@ameritech.net>
> >
> > : Ok - I was confused. I was referring to 100 MHz DIMMs v. 133 MHz
> > DIMMs. I
> > : take it Win2K works fine with 100 MHz DIMMs?
> > #######################################
> > Yes,but your motherboard governs the speed of the memory ,not your
> > CPU.
> > The actual difference in the speed between them is in nanoseconds and
> > not a lot of them either.
> > regards
> > Michael Wilkinson. 106 Holyhead Road,Ketley, Telford.Shropshire TF 15
> > DJ
> > michael@infocus-photography.co.uk www.infocus-photography.co.uk
> > For Trannies and Negs from Digital Files.
>
> Actually only newer Pent-III supports 133MHz front side bus speed. If
> you
> look carefully at the fine print on the chip it should be like
> 533/512/133.
> This means the CPU's speed is 533MHz with 512KB L2 cache and the front
> side
> bus is 133MHz. There is a little trick, 533/256/133 is actually faster
> than 533/512/133. 533/256/133 is one of the latest P-III on which the L2
> cache is smaller but it runs at 533MHz. The 533/512/133's L2 cache runs
> at
> 133MHz only.
Nearly. The latter would run at half-CPU speed, ie.e. 266MHz rather than
the frontside bus speed of 133MHz.
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