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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!news.mathworks.com!nntp.primenet.com!uucp.primenet.com!news.typo.org!web From: BOFH <web@typo.org> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware Subject: Re: Does cache memory size 512K over 256K matter? Date: 17 Jul 1996 19:53:02 GMT Organization: typo.org Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4sjgau$1gr@typo.org> References: <Pine.A32.3.93.960716180913.29739A-100000@r2d3.sbac.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: typo.org Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:23869 comp.os.linux.hardware:44836 Dan Cromer <cromerdh@sbac.edu> wrote: : Hello, : Our organization ordered a machine with 512K 2nd-level cache. Our : supplier, S.A.G. Electronics, substituted the Tyan motherboard we ordered : with an Intel Triton II motherboard, with 256K cache. Will the smaller : 2nd-level cache have a significant impact when running FreeBSD or Linux : with 64MB RAM? Significant? Probably not.. As far as the board, I've got Triton's in use and they're not that bad. They support higher cache levels if you really feel the need.