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5 Sep 2024 18:17:13 EDT (-0400)
  Re: help on CPU upgrade  
From: Markus Becker
Date: 16 Feb 2000 05:46:47
Message: <38AA8068.436B5742@student.uni-siegen.de>
Nieminen Juha wrote:
> 
>   I don't think it's worth (unless you can do it for _very_ cheap).

I think it _is_ worth.

>   It will have more MHz's but less cache. The increase in speed may be
> only fractions. The amount of cache is quite crucial (just try disabling
> the caches in bios and see how the computer slows down; my P-II 350MHz
> runs like a 386 with caches disabled).

You can't compare the difference between any amount of cache and no
cache with the difference between 128K and 512K cache.

Markus


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