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  3. July 2009

Re: L2 cache size?

With more L2 cache, more data can be queued up for the CPU to process, so the CPU would spend less time waiting for the BUS, thus making the computer faster.


David Gibbs wrote:
Folks:

As I mentioned earlier ... I just ordered a new laptop.

I'm getting a 2.66ghz Core 2 Duo CPU with 3M of L2 cache.

There were also options for similar CPU's with 6M of L2 cache.

Question I have ... what's the specific advantage of having more L2 cache? Where would the end user notice it?

Thanks!

david



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