FSB better for gamming ???

I’m kind of confused. What would be The “real” FSB of the system if I have:

1. a notebook with a T2300E (1.66GHz/ 667MHz FSB) and 1 GB of Ram ( 533MHZ) ?

2. a notebook with a T2250 (1.73 GHz/ 533 MHz FSB) and 1 GB of Ram ( 667MHZ) ?

and the big question is: Which system configuration (both with a Nvidia 7900GS) would be better for gamming? Would the difference be noticeable?

Thanks.

 

Getting the better (meaning more) FSB is better for performance, generally.

 

With those two configurations, the RAM will be accessed at 533mHz regardless, because the system will run at the speed of its lowest component. Thus, the one with the faster processor will win out in this case. However, taking into account upgradability, the RAM can be upgraded much more easily and the small difference in processor speed between the two would be easily beat in upgrading the RAM to match the FSB speed. Hence I think the first one is better, for all purposes.

 

I think that your forgetting the difference will be so small, it will almost unoticable. I really would not concern yourself with it, but if you must get that extra squeeze, then the t2250 will be faster, due to the higher clock speed

 

Get the T2300E as it has the faster FSB. When you want to upgrade the RAM you can then use 667 RAM, but get the lower FSB and you will be restricted to 533 RAM only. The difference is small but every little helps.

 

The RAM won't be running at 667MHz if you have a 533MHz FSB as posted. But that's not a problem because DDR2-667 is no faster than DDR2-533.
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and the big question is: Which system configuration (both with a Nvidia 7900GS) would be better for gamming? Would the difference be noticeable?
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I'd go for the faster FSB, so get the T2300E. No, the difference will not be noticable.

 

Thank you all for your answers. But what I want to know is how important is the FSB of the CPU at the time of gaming. The upgrade wouldn’t really be from T2250 to T2300E, but from T2250 to T2400 (1.83 GHz), and that cost as much as adding another 1 GB of Ram which according to what I’ve been reading is quite good for the newest games.

So (sorry for changing the topic) if the cost is almost the same, would you pay for an upgrade from T2250 to T2400 or from 1GB to 2 GB of Ram, for a gamming laptop?

I think the answer is obvious, but I want to be sure…

Thanks.

 

FYI: 667MHz DDR-II RAM typically has a higher latency than 533MHz DDR-II RAM. You get better throughput with the 667MHz RAM, but the 533 accesses things randomly a little quicker. You'll get just about the same performance in real-world use with either type, unless you do a lot with streaming media and such, in which case the 667 would have an advantage.

And for your upgrade question, I'd suggest the processor. Just get the 1GB of RAM as a single SODIMM and you can upgrade that easily down the line. A processor upgrade on a laptop is a lot more involved of a process. But that's just my $0.02