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Offline fishy_fiz

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Re: A little teaser
« on: July 18, 2014, 07:24:06 AM »
Looking interesting.
Just curious though, why ddr3? Given the low speed of both the cpu core and ram (relative to modern computing) wouldnt ddr2, or ideally ddr1 be a better match? Given the high latency of ddr3 Id expect the other RAM types to perform better. Is it simply a matter of availability/price?
Near as I can tell this is where I write something under the guise of being innocuous, but really its a pot shot at another persons/peoples choice of Amiga based systems. Unfortunately only I cant see how transparent and petty it makes me look.
 

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Re: A little teaser
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2014, 02:42:26 PM »
It wasnt a criticism, I was just wondering. DDR3@800mhz is slower than ddr2@800mhz because of amongst other things more aggressive timing available. Because of ddr1 having yet again tighter timings, given the right conditions fast ddr1 is a better match than simply chasing clock rate, especially when memory bus isnt saturated. I dont know the design of the cyclone core, but Id have imagined a 68k cpu might be one of those situations.
Near as I can tell this is where I write something under the guise of being innocuous, but really its a pot shot at another persons/peoples choice of Amiga based systems. Unfortunately only I cant see how transparent and petty it makes me look.