>This allows me to run my FSB and memory in a 1:1 ratio. 400mhz>for the FSB (giving 1600mhz when quad pumped) and 400Mhz for>the RAM (800mhz because it's DDR2)Hey Glenn, is it quad pumped because it is double data rate memory that is being run in dual channel mode? Just checking to see if it's changed from when I put this machine together 5, count em, 5 years ago. These drives are going to bite the dust any day now!Noel

Quad pumped? Oy! Remember that advanced AC class all the geeks took? I missed too. But don't worry, I expect they didn't cover it because it hadn't been invented yet. There are 4 events in an AC Cycle. The electrical current (1) increases its rate of flow in one direction, then (2) reduces that rate of flow in that direction, then (3) increases its rate of flow in the opposite direction, then (4) reduces its rate of flow in that opposite direction. All this current 'sloshed around' is being caused by changes in pressure (voltage). Each event can carry one digital 'bit' by either occurring (on) or not occurring (off). By this definition, an AC cycle can carry 4 digital 'bits.' Hey, let's call this something way cool. . . .ahhh .... how about "The Quad Pumper." As usual, it's marketing jabber. Our current FSBs run at 266Mhz. Each AC cycle can carry 4 digital bits of data. 266 describes the number of AC cycles per second. The 1066 number (266x4) describes the amount of digit data that can be transmitted per cycle. This is the FSB . . . and it's only a Buss. This means it can only provide capacity. It provides the racetrack for the race cars to zoom around on. It does NoThing by itself. This is why I say that Intel's move to a AMD-ish Hypertransport style buss (Quickpath with the Nehalem) will not matter, yet. AMD's hypertransport provides a greater capacity, but did not help their performance . . . because we have Still not fully saturated even a 200Mhz FSB, yet. Maybe in the CPU/Memory combinations beyond Nehalem this will finally matter, but Certainly not during, or before.