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How big of difference: 512kb L2 -V- 1mb L2?

Originally posted by: Kalmah
How noticable is the performance difference?

I appreciate it.
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512K cache=Northoood
1mb cache=5xx series prescott..

The prescott has several changes from northwood, it performs better in some things and worse in others at the same clock speed. Prescotts run hotter. They have more cache, but the cache is slower. They reach higher clockspeeds, but increased the pipeline lenght to do so. So overall, if I had a choice between at 3.4 northwood or 3.4 prescott..I would take a northwood any day.
 
Originally posted by: stevty2889
Originally posted by: Kalmah
How noticable is the performance difference?

I appreciate it.
Click to expand...

512K cache=Northoood
1mb cache=5xx series prescott..

The prescott has several changes from northwood, it performs better in some things and worse in others at the same clock speed. Prescotts run hotter. They have more cache, but the cache is slower. They reach higher clockspeeds, but increased the pipeline lenght to do so. So overall, if I had a choice between at 3.4 northwood or 3.4 prescott..I would take a northwood any day.
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dang i didnt know any of that. good info
 
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