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    what is cache??

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by whitefang, Jul 10, 2007.

  1. whitefang

    whitefang Notebook Enthusiast

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    thinking about buying a laptop ....leaning towards the dell inspiron 1520....anyway what is the differecne between 2MB cache and 4MB cache?? what does cache do ??
     
    whitefang, Jul 10, 2007
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    mujtaba ZzzZzz Super Moderator

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    Moved to the right section...
    Search the forum, there are a number of threads on that subject.
     
    mujtaba, Jul 10, 2007
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  3. lupin..the..3rd

    lupin..the..3rd Notebook Evangelist

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    fang, there's this wonderful tool at your disposal, you may have heard of it before: www.google.com :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

    The first result for a search on 'cpu cache' was the most informative:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPU_cache
     
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    Lets be honest sometimes we could all use a little more Google in our lives.
     
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  5. Charles P. Jefferies

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    If you're doing a lot of processor intensive tasks like encoding, rendering, running programs like Matlab and Photoshop, then the larger cache size will come in handy. For general usage I doubt you will notice much of a difference between a 2MB and 4MB cache in a Core 2 Duo CPU.

    If you have the money, go for the T7300 CPU.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Jul 10, 2007
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    This will help. I do agree though, a little googling wouldn't hurt since this question has been asked a lot.
     
    Tailic, Jul 10, 2007
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    Padmé NBR Super Pink Princess

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    I prefer to get my tech support from a real person. JMBO ;)
     
    Padmé, Jul 10, 2007
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