jlbenedict
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Originally posted by: Brunnis
Originally posted by: jlbenedict
only when DDR2 speeds are ramped up, will AM2 take advantage...
from what I understand, DDR2-800 is about equal to DDR1-400
No, that is not the problem here. Even Intel's DDR2-533 platform with a 1066MHz FSB CPU beats this AM2 system with DDR2-800. SiSoft Sandra doesn't care much about latency, it measures bandwidth. DDR2-800 in dual channel mode has a theoretical bandwidth of 12.8GB/s and it's certainly not some inherent problem with the DDR2 memory that limits the bandwidth here. The system is given 12.8GB/s to work with and can make use of less than 50% and that indicates a seriously inefficient implementation.
Yeah.. i'd say that is inefficient