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How much performance gain b/w a 256k and 512k L2 P4?

It has shown to be about 5-10 precent application specific....


Is it worth it??? what is your situation???

With the 512kb l2 cache you are getting the P4 northwood on the .13 micron chip which has proven to allow these chips to oc like mad even if you do not want to raise the voltage...

My 1.6chip does 2.53ghz at default vcore....


Compared to the 256kb l2 willamette chips you are getting a cooler running chip, capable of ocing more, and the added cache...so you get a bit...

 
The computer will be for gaming and general PC stuff. I'm trying to get the most bang for the buck in a 1.6-1.8 Ghz P4 system.
 
512k all the way for gaming. The 512k P4s, or the 'northwoods' run cooler, overclock better and go faster. In most games, a 1.6GhzA (512k) P4 would be about as fast as a 1.8ghz (256k). The 1.8GhzA (512k) would be about as fast as a 2.0Ghz (256K) as so on. For a gamer you should not touch a 256k P4 with a ten foot pole.

So basicly YES, a 512k P4 is worth the money.

Looney
 
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