"Orchid XP v8" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
news:480cf308$1@news.povray.org...

> > Very slightly...
> > To give you an idea, I've jsut bought components for a new PC. CPU is a
quad
> > core running at 2.4 GHz.
> > I can get 4 GB of 800 MHz DDR2 memory for around R250. I can get 2 GB of
> > 1066 MHz memory (same speed as the FSB) for around R800
>
> Except that - as the guy pointed out - it's *not* the same speed as the
> CPU. It's actually 566 MHz, double-pumped. And the RAM itself is running
> at a lowly 266 MHz. No wonder it takes > 200 cycles to access main
> memory... :-S

I never said it was. CPU's running at 2.4 GHz. FSB is much slower, memory
slower still.

But look at the price difference anyway. Not insignificant

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