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Anonymous   05-21-2001 at 07:40:17 AM

Greetings Everyone:
Stupid Question time :) My 950 Athlon Slot A processor seems to have 128K of L1 cache. I also have available 512K of L2 Cache according to the Post on my Bios. I have the option to enable the L2 cache or disable it. Presently I have it disabled. Is this the right thing to do or should I reenable it??? Just asking is all :) If any of you have any thoughts on this Please let me know. Thanks

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lhgpoobaa   05-21-2001 at 07:56:18 AM
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EEEEEEKKKKKK

enable enable enable!
thats what cache is there for! to be used to speed instruction fetching up!
why do u think a duron doesnt perform as well as a athlon at the same bus speed (100) and clock speed (say 900)
more cache = better = happier YOU.

if you dont believe me, try benchmarking your processor with and without the various 2 caches on.


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girish   05-21-2001 at 08:16:50 AM
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enable all the caches before you complete reading this post.
and disable them all if you really want to know how slow a pc can run...

girish

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Anonymous   05-21-2001 at 08:38:16 AM
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i would of thought the default settings were to have it enabled hmm

has somebody been playing in CMOS? LOL ^^

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juin   05-22-2001 at 02:56:06 AM
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The CMOS is a flash memorie that store the bios you can only discharge it.
In theory you cache suppose to be enable if i were you i put the defailt setting.
In theory is suppose to enable it.

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juin   05-22-2001 at 02:56:24 AM
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The CMOS is a flash memorie that store the bios you can only discharge it.
In theory you cache suppose to be enable if i were you i put the default setting.
In theory is suppose to enable it.

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lhgpoobaa   05-22-2001 at 03:02:52 AM
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put it this way...
on my cellery500 i tried different setting and benchmarked using norton utilites
with L1 & L2 both on it recored a score around 175
when i turned L2 off it dropped to maybe 165-170
when i turned L1 off i never benchmarked it, i actually gave up waiting for it to boot. it took about HALF an HOUR just to get to the windows startup screen!


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