Originally posted by: Gerbil333
I thought they meant that there's a performance boost simply for using 4 memory modules, not just because the memory will no longer have to run at 333MHz. No?
I'm looking forward to the Venice reviews and benchmarks this week
Originally posted by: jenneth
No, they're not. None of them has SSE3.
Originally posted by: Gerbil333
Originally posted by: Googer
Enhanced Integrated Memory Controller
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All these improvements should help Venice based Athlon 64 processor to outperform their counterparts based on the older core revisions but working at the same clock frequency. And the performance gain will be more noticeable if there are four memory modules installed in the system."
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/athlon64-venice_3.html
So, even though 4 double sided DIMMS would require the system to run at 2T, there would be less of a performance hit than usual? I hope so. I really want 2GBs of RAM in my next machine.
Originally posted by: jenneth
According to the X-bit labs article, 3500+ Venice has a TDP of 67 watts, same as the Windchester. Here-
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/athlon64-venice_3.html
Though the A64 in question does have some pretty weird spec HERE:
It's a 3500 (90nm SOI), but is has a Thermal Power of 89 watts.
Originally posted by: Jeff7181
Originally posted by: jenneth
According to the X-bit labs article, 3500+ Venice has a TDP of 67 watts, same as the Windchester. Here-
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/athlon64-venice_3.html
Though the A64 in question does have some pretty weird spec HERE:
It's a 3500 (90nm SOI), but is has a Thermal Power of 89 watts.
Right... but the Venice core, specific models excluded, have a TDP of 89 watts... so Monarch may be using the maximum for the Venice core.