New penryn mbp questions... and ram/fsb questions

[nick2u]

Hey guys...

was just wondering when apple refreshes the mbp processors into penryn sometime in the next few months, will there be a chipset change as well? if so, will it run a different sort of ram than the ddr2-667 flavors?

i currently have a SR mbp and would liek to get more ram but i wanna reuse the new ram should i change my machine in the next couple of months.

Also, can someone enlighten me on why people talk about SR ram/fsb out of sync differences? something like ram runs at 667 but the fsb runs at 533 or 800 and is hence inefficient or a waste of bandwidth?

thanks in advance fellas!

 

[capitanbuzo]

Hey guys...

was just wondering when apple refreshes the mbp processors into penryn sometime in the next few months, will there be a chipset change as well? if so, will it run a different sort of ram than the ddr2-667 flavors?

i currently have a SR mbp and would liek to get more ram but i wanna reuse the new ram should i change my machine in the next couple of months.

Also, can someone enlighten me on why people talk about SR ram/fsb out of sync differences? something like ram runs at 667 but the fsb runs at 533 or 800 and is hence inefficient or a waste of bandwidth?

thanks in advance fellas!

If Apple updates the MBP with Penryn within like 2-3 months, then there wouldn't be a chipset change. If you wait til say June, then there is likely to be a chipset change as well.

 

[daneoni]

The next chipset change is Montevina which Intel won't release till later on this year. So no the next MBP update will likely only be a processor swap.

The memory controller and fsb are indeed out of sync. Whilst the fsb is 800MHz the memory controller can't go beyond 667MHz but thats fine. More info here

 

[Dreamer2go]

not to be an ass
but way to waste a nice laptop!

SR MBP is more than capable in any day to day work at the moment...even if a new refresh is released.