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runawayprisoner · July 30th, 2008

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FSB is still not only for RAM. And I guess you just said it yourself, you are not an AMD enthusiast, THUS why you don't know what FSB actually is. So... it's not entirely correct to say that HyperTransport translates into FSB before it hits RAM, because... for the sake of reference, AMD's CPUs running on HyperTransport have built-in memory controllers.

On Intel platforms, the memory controller is on the Northbridge instead of the CPU, thus why Intel motherboards have DDR3 support and AMD motherboards don't. AMD has to update their CPUs altogether to use DDR3. Intel just has to change the NB chip. Plus FSB is the link between the CPU and the NB of the motherboard.

And the rest is just as anyone can imagine it. Well, I think I'll stop it, too. Imposing knowledge on others is not something I should do, and I'd much prefer the person to learn about these terms on his own more.

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Last edited by runawayprisoner; July 30th, 2008 at 07:22..

July 30th, 2008	#70 (permalink)
runawayprisoner Mobile Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Santa Cruz, CA Posts: 6,198	Front side bus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia FSB is still not only for RAM. And I guess you just said it yourself, you are not an AMD enthusiast, THUS why you don't know what FSB actually is. So... it's not entirely correct to say that HyperTransport translates into FSB before it hits RAM, because... for the sake of reference, AMD's CPUs running on HyperTransport have built-in memory controllers. On Intel platforms, the memory controller is on the Northbridge instead of the CPU, thus why Intel motherboards have DDR3 support and AMD motherboards don't. AMD has to update their CPUs altogether to use DDR3. Intel just has to change the NB chip. Plus FSB is the link between the CPU and the NB of the motherboard. And the rest is just as anyone can imagine it. Well, I think I'll stop it, too. Imposing knowledge on others is not something I should do, and I'd much prefer the person to learn about these terms on his own more. __________________ cChip interpreter WIP - current status: Release Candidate LRx Filter RC - current performance rating: 9/10 Last edited by runawayprisoner; July 30th, 2008 at 07:22..