Exploring the impact of memory speed on Core i7 performance
A look at channels, bus speeds, and latencies
by Geoff Gasior — 11:24 PM on December 1, 2008

The Core i7's triple-channel DDR3 memory controller offers mind-boggling peak theoretical bandwidth, but does the CPU need fancy DIMMs to excel? Join us as we explore the performance impact of memory bus speed, latencies, and even the number of channels on a couple of Core i7 processors.

   
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