Dizzying Intel chip choices

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  1. ronjor

    ronjor Global Moderator

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    ronjor, Oct 12, 2005
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    they are also saying that that clock cycles aren't so important now, it's how much power there is in each cycle. i heard the most imporant thing about a chip is how much L2 caching it has, 512 is good
     
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    The L2 cache is dependent on the application, but nevertheless most everyday apps should gain healthy boosts with a larger L2 cache. 512KB is good, 1MB is even better ;)

    Even AMD's choices were confusing a while back, with Athlon 64 range on Socket 754, 939 as well as 940 :eek:

    Sempron on Socket 754 and Socket A.......AMD Athlon XP Socket A :eek:

    *Dizzy*
     
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    Ah great, now Intel is going to do it.. I always have to look up AMD processors as it is, now I'll really have to do some reading up.
     
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