lord loh.
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Looking for a new PC, I tried to look into the features of AMD and Intel Processors.
I was showed an AMD Athelon x2 64 3800+ with very little cache memory. Most Intel processors come with 1MB or 2MB cache.
A Gigabyte motherboard marketing rep. told me that AMD processors do not need much cache as it's architecture was very different from that of Intel. He calaimed some 2 way communication wth the RAM.
Having studied some computer arfchitecture, I found this difficult to swallow.
Is there really any such thing as requiring less cache to deliver the same performance?
Finally the Intel Pentium D dUAL core processor that purchased has a 2x2 MB L2 Cache (Written on the box). Does this mean that there is 2MB / core and a total of 4 MB?
I was showed an AMD Athelon x2 64 3800+ with very little cache memory. Most Intel processors come with 1MB or 2MB cache.
A Gigabyte motherboard marketing rep. told me that AMD processors do not need much cache as it's architecture was very different from that of Intel. He calaimed some 2 way communication wth the RAM.
Having studied some computer arfchitecture, I found this difficult to swallow.
Is there really any such thing as requiring less cache to deliver the same performance?
Finally the Intel Pentium D dUAL core processor that purchased has a 2x2 MB L2 Cache (Written on the box). Does this mean that there is 2MB / core and a total of 4 MB?