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Wats L2 Cache
Name: galaxymufi Date: August 15, 2006 at 04:54:23 Pacific OS: win xp sp2 CPU/Ram: 2.66ghz/512 Product: asus
Comment:
Wats L2 cache and is it important for gaming
my specs are asrock 5759 intel 845 gv chipset 512 ram ddr 400 pentium 4 2.66ghz 512kb L2 cache memory and graficz i ve to buy may be 6200+ nvidia. tats my bugdet so is 512 kb L2 cache ok for gaming, or will 1mb L2 cache will more increase the game performance, if yes , then in wat way
Name: Comper Date: August 15, 2006 at 05:04:59 Pacific
Reply:
Once agian, your CPU is fine!
If you want to have a better gaming system you should buy a good videocard... and by this i do NOT mean a GF6200, if you want to game, buy a 6600GT atleast. Another stick of 512MB RAM will also help but not nearly as much as a new videocard.
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Response Number 2
Name: jam Date: August 15, 2006 at 05:10:28 Pacific
Reply:
While the size of the L2 cache might make *some* difference, your main problems are you only have 512MB RAM & the 6200 is a weak low-end video card, not suitable for modern gaming. If you want better gaming performance, add another 512MB RAM & get a decent video card!
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