Chrkeller said:
Maybe Perma can weigh in with his expertise. I would assume if frequency is reduced by default bandwidth is as well. I don't think one can be reduced and not the other. I mean the frequency is basically instructions.... fidelity can't be faster than the instructions. Maybe I'm thinking of it wrong. |
So the bandwidth, as far as I understand it, is directly related to the circuitry of the motherboard. The busses and the actual wires on the chips themselves define the bandwidth. This can't be changed after the parts are manufactured.
The clock speed is defined by the electrical pulses and can be regulated at the electrical level, clocked higher or lower depending on what power is pumped into the processor. This one can change.
Architecturally they are decided to fit together and combine, but as far as I understand it, they stand apart as properties of the hardware and are not tied together.
Think of the bandwidth as the number of lanes on a highway, and the clock speed like the speed of the cars.
@Soundwave. That's what i meant.