Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 15:29:17 -0400 (EDT) From: spork <spork@super-g.com> To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: "Cacheable memory"?? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9809111521250.320-100000@super-g.inch.com>
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Hi, We're split here between whether to go with the new AMD K6-2 or the Pentium II as our new standard build. The pros and cons are pretty simple: Pentium II: Less L2 cache (512K max) Good, stable ASUS mainboards available (we've had excellent results with Asus so far) 100MHz bus AMD K6-2: Up to 1MB L2 cache No time-tested mainboards available (the Asus model only does 384M and only offers 512K cache) 100MHz bus Now how much difference does the L2 cache make in a typical web/mail/news server? What is meant by the term "cacheable memory"? ie: "with 512K cache you have 64MB cacheable memory" or "with 1M cache, you have 128MB cacheable memory". I've also heard things like "this motherboard can only cache 64MB of memory"... What does it mean? What's the real world impact? Thanks, Charles Charles Sprickman spork@super-g.com ---- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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