Barton's Extra Cache Makes a Difference in Madden!

[Jadow]

Hi Guys,

I just went from Palomino at 1800 mhz, to a Barton at 1800 mhz. (I do overclock it, but for this post, I'm just talking about stock speeds)

I just thought I'd share something that I discovered. It doesn't seem to make much difference in FPS games, however in Madden 2003, the game feels a LOT faster with the Barton. I can only think this is due to the extra cache. I wonder if this game is a rare case where the extra cache makes more of a difference than just raw mhz if a person were to compare Barton to Tbred. Maybe Madden is just programmed in a way that really utilizes that extra cache.

Any thoughts?

 

[Chumpman]

/me runs to go fire up madden 2003

 

[BDSM]

What busspeed did you run the pally at?

 

[Jadow]

133 for pally vs 166 for barton. I hadn't thought of that.

 

[Shimmishim]

Originally posted by: Jadow
133 for pally vs 166 for barton. I hadn't thought of that.

🙂

there's the difference right there...

at stock speeds or at identical clock speeds, the extra bandwidth + extra 256K L2 cache is gonna make a difference...

 

[Confused]

Originally posted by: Jadow
133 for pally vs 166 for barton. I hadn't thought of that.

Run them both at 133MHz FSB, and come back when you've stopped comparing a civic to a viper 😉



Confused

 

[pspada]

Originally posted by: Confused

Originally posted by: Jadow
133 for pally vs 166 for barton. I hadn't thought of that.

Run them both at 133MHz FSB, and come back when you've stopped comparing a civic to a viper 😉

Confused

That's not correct. The Celeron would be the civic. A Pally would be something like a firebird.

 

[touchmyichi]

Originally posted by: pspada

Originally posted by: Confused

Originally posted by: Jadow
133 for pally vs 166 for barton. I hadn't thought of that.

Run them both at 133MHz FSB, and come back when you've stopped comparing a civic to a viper 😉

Confused

That's not correct. The Celeron would be the civic. A Pally would be something like a firebird.

You're not correct either. A celeron would be a 1965 beetle.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: touchmyichi

Originally posted by: pspada

Originally posted by: Confused

Originally posted by: Jadow
133 for pally vs 166 for barton. I hadn't thought of that.

Run them both at 133MHz FSB, and come back when you've stopped comparing a civic to a viper 😉

Confused

That's not correct. The Celeron would be the civic. A Pally would be something like a firebird.

You're not correct either. A celeron would be a 1965 beetle.

duron is a pinto, btw, does AMD make durons anymore? i bougth a 1.2ghz duron about a year ago when my Tbird fried for $40

 

[Xionide]

I think it would be obvious that a newer faster cpu would perform better. I have one and I LOVE IT. Im gonna go play ut2k3 😛

-Xionide

 

[SpeedFreak03]

Originally posted by: Confused

Originally posted by: Jadow
133 for pally vs 166 for barton. I hadn't thought of that.

Run them both at 133MHz FSB, and come back when you've stopped comparing a civic to a viper 😉



Confused

Maybe comparing a stock Civic DX to a SRT-4!