[pidr1nhu]

I would like to know if putting more memory would compensate the difference of performance between L2 4MB vs L2 2MB?
If so, what memories would be and how much?
Regards.

 

[TheMatt]

In a grand scale, no. L2 cache is not on die, which means that it operates at the full speed of the CPU, and is a lot faster. Cache is also "smart", what I mean is that it caches the most commonly used instructions and data, not just all instructions that the CPU processes. If you have a lot of RAM (at least 1 GB), that will improve performance, maybe beyond the point of a larger cache, but RAM will never really do the same thing as the L2 cache.

 

[pidr1nhu]

I heard that Intel is changing all E6300 and E6400 procs to 4mb L2 cache and keeping the price the same in 2-3 months, is this true?

 

[pidr1nhu]

about the quadcore xeon's onsocket 775..do you know at least the speculation around its price?

 

[TheMatt]

You can get the Core 2 Quad Kentsfield Q6600 for $879 at newegg now. And the Core 2 Quad Q6700 is $985. I would get those instead of the quad core Xeon.

 

[pidr1nhu]

the problem is in waiting until second quarter...I think i am gonna get e6400

 

[TheMatt]

That would still be an excellent CPU, and remember that the C2D still has HyperThreading, which can give the effect of 4 cores with multithreaded applications.

 

[pidr1nhu]

TheMatt, great consideration..I didn't know that.
That's enough...thank you for all your answers.