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Hi
I saw this chip at a local shop and it has 1mb of L2 cache, Wouldn't this doubling of cache really help with Gaming and Hosting or am I looking at something wrong here ? - Thanks - JK-1
P4 3.0G 800MHz 1MB Retail $244
Hillsboro: In Stock
Portland : In Stock
ENU ID:cpu-p4-3060-1mb-800
3 year Mfgr. Warranty
Floating point pipelines: 2
IPC: 6 IPC: 6
L1 cache: 16KB
L2 cache: 1MB
Manufacturer: Intel
Prescott Core
SSE3 Instruction Set
Socket 478
Speed: 3GHz
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Hi
I saw this chip at a local shop and it has 1mb of L2 cache, Wouldn't this doubling of cache really help with Gaming and Hosting or am I looking at something wrong here ? - Thanks - JK-1
P4 3.0G 800MHz 1MB Retail $244
Hillsboro: In Stock
Portland : In Stock
ENU ID:cpu-p4-3060-1mb-800
3 year Mfgr. Warranty
Floating point pipelines: 2
IPC: 6 IPC: 6
L1 cache: 16KB
L2 cache: 1MB
Manufacturer: Intel
Prescott Core
SSE3 Instruction Set
Socket 478
Speed: 3GHz
w/Fan
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Yes, but not a huge leap mind you. Cache is just the memory on die that CPU uses to store instructions awaiting execution the next cycle. Otherwise they have to sit across a bridge called the front side bus in system memory.
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That's a prescott Jim. Yes they give me even at default speeds 5-7 fps higher in FB and the benfits can be seen in the EE and AMD FX series. If you want one let me know I have a used one laying around I would part with....only clocks to 3.9 though
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by JK-1:
Hi
I saw this chip at a local shop and it has 1mb of L2 cache, Wouldn't this doubling of cache really help with Gaming and Hosting or am I looking at something wrong here ? - Thanks - JK-1
P4 3.0G 800MHz 1MB Retail $244
Hillsboro: In Stock
Portland : In Stock
ENU ID:cpu-p4-3060-1mb-800
3 year Mfgr. Warranty
Floating point pipelines: 2
IPC: 6 IPC: 6
L1 cache: 16KB
L2 cache: 1MB
Manufacturer: Intel
Prescott Core
SSE3 Instruction Set
Socket 478
Speed: 3GHz
w/Fan<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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If only I could afford to give away hardware willy nilly 
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Thank You Mr.Hunter and Mr.Cragger for your Explanation.
And I'll E-mail you B , But it's probely already gone.
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JK
I have that chip, A prescott 3gig 800mhz 1mb cache.
Just one thing, these Prescott chips run much hotter than normal Pentiums, I mean a lot hotter, now I doubt its a problem and I have done a lot of web browsing about it as I was a bit shocked when I first installed mine.
Boot temp is at 50 odd deg C and under load 70.
A northwood would run at like 30.
I tried alternate cpu coolers and heatsinks but they made little difference.
I dont have a problem with the temp, as it appears to be normal from the reviews I have read, but it was surprising to say the least.