Re: tlug: Bus speed question

[Rex Walters <rex@example.com>]

>>>>> Totoro writes:  (on 25 Nov 98)

>               what is the actual benefit of, say, running at 100MHz?

Where angels fear to tread....

Overclocking is popular among the gaming crowd.  Me, I believe in
margin, plenty of it (I value reliability over performance for the most
part).  Performance is a step function for me: either it's enough or it
ain't.

In a nutshell, higher clock speed means higher cpu<->memory performance
which is goodness for compute bound processes.  For I/O bound processes
it doesn't buy you anything.

IMHO the 100MHz FSB of Deschutes Pentium-II processors (350, 400 or 450
MHz) is useful and meaningful.  For a slot 7 processor ....

My personal recommendation is to set the MB settings exactly as dictated
by the manual for your particular processor/MB combination.  Cache
sizing, clock speed setting, and performance tuning in general are
incredibly non-trivial topics.

Regards,
-- 
Rex
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