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To: pgerassi who wrote (60234)10/25/2001 3:16:13 PM
From: jcholewaRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 275872
 
> I noticed that you were wondering why the Tyan Thunder
> board has a lower SPECint and SPECfp scores than the Epox
> board. It is simple. The Tyan requires the use of
> buffered DDR and the Epox can do with unbuffered DDR. The
> half cycle or so of increased latency is where most of the
> difference lies.

Couldn't the chipset (KT266A) also be a factor?