Huge gap between 2200+ and 2100+??

[Paul2200]

In the "<A HREF="http://www6.tomshardware.com/mainboard/20021111/nforce2-16.html" target="_new">Athlon On The Fast Lane: Three Motherboards with nForce2-Chipset and Dual-Channel DDR</A>" article, it says

All others can safely run DDR333 - but no matter which type of memory you want to use, do not accept anything other than CL2 mode DIMMs! The performance gap to CL2.5 is as big as if you exchanged your Athlon XP 2200+ for the 2100+ model!

I'm confused, why does he make it sound like it's such a huge difference? i.e. what's the difference in the gap between the 2200+/2100+ and, say, the gap between the 2100+/2000+? Or the 2000+ and the 1900+? etc. 66mhz is 66mhz, isn't it??

Thanks,
Paul

 

[paulj]

I don't think that is his point. He is trying to say that the performance drop from CL2.5 to CL2 is similar to dropping 100+ in the rating. I don't think there is any special significance to the 2200+ vs. the 2100+.

<font color=red>The solution may be obvious, but I can't see it for the smoke coming off my processor.</font color=red>

 

[Tilepusher2]

Yo Paul,

You are right. The big jump is when you go from a XP 2400+(2.0 ghz real clock speed) to a XP 2200+(1.8 ghz). That is a 200 mhz loss difference. The thing I think he is trying to get across is, if you are looking for maximum performance in benchmarks, you need to understand not all DDR333 performs the same.

Peace Out.................tile2

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