i'm buying a new processor for my laptop and since i game alot i was wondering wat the big difference is between having like an
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.13GHz 2MB Cache
and having a
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz 4MB Cache

I believe if your gaming, The 4mb of L2 cache would help

No more than 8% difference between 2MB and 4MB at the same processor speed.

that actually seems pretty significant to me. Particularly since you have to OC the 2MB processors to reach the 4MB processor speeds, and if that's the case, might as well OC the 4MB processor if you have it, right? So you should never be comparing the 2MB and the 4MB processors at the same speed if you are making the same alterations to them equally?

i dont know how to OC processors :[ so i just wanna know still. . . . does 4mb cache really make that much of a difference in gaming? is it worth the extra $100?

for 100 dollars, no if its for a laptop, for a desktop, meh, not really, im guessing that 8% isnt really 8, more like 3-5%

if you can afford the extra 100, then ok if not you wont "see" any diffrence


soulsaver

If the price difference is only $100 then I'd go for it. It might not make a huge difference now, but you never know, it could make more of a difference in future games or other apps..

sorry but if you truly think this, you need to rethink your knowldge of computers

100 dollars is a lot of money, if it ment......40 gig more hard drive space with 7200rpm, then sure that seems fair

2 megs of l2 cache.......no........just no........put it more towrads ram/hdd/dvd rw/blu ray or somthing

thats just me, but i think 100 dollars for 2 megs of l2 cache is pointless and a waste, but hey if you got the money to waste go for it

soulsaver

You really need to take your own advice and stop criticizing the knowledge of someone you don't even know.
this is getting annoying...

all you do is force feed people your fan boi opinion.......honestly thats all youre doing

im no longer a fan boi.....im done, youll grow up someday and realize its all just a big dream

put a computer with 1 meg cache and 4 megs of cache, same specs aside from that

you couldnt tell shit for diffrence, i honestly would put my laptop on it, you could not

so why in the world would you waste this guys 100 dollars that could go towards a better video card or lcd or faster/more hdd?

cache is like.....nothing when youre over 1 meg

now if this was a quad core vs duo vs single, then yeah 100 bucks is worth single < duo < quad


aside from that, keep your fan boi slander outta your posts, thats whats annoying me


soulsaver

oh damn are you funny.. I have kids probably older than you.. anyhow, you've got your little black dot there and it's probably for a reason. I've seen quite a few of your posts usually full of misinformation and/or completely wrong information. So I really think you have absolutely no reason to opine anything concerning my capabilities..
BTW, maybe you should spend a little more time studying your middle school grammar..

meh. It really depends on your needs, if you will be using games or applications that are processor dependant you will welcome the added processor speed although it won't make much of a difference in games unless you are into the bragging rights game.

It's not like if you pick the faster processor you are going to game 50+ frames per second on a game or be completely unplayable on the other. In my case, since I sometimes work with professional applications the processor speed is a plus.

In the end, it is your decision to put the $100 difference towards RAM (make sure you have at least 1GB for gaming) or a DVD/RW unit to backup large quantities of data.

For video card a 128MB one will let you play games nicely but a 256MB will give you better textures and in the case of some games allow you to play at higher screen resolutions.

The decision is yours. Since you didn't post the configuration you are interested in we can't be of much help so we are just putting out some general advise.

omg i still wanna know if its worth the $100 lol and will it make a noticable difference
i have an Asus P5W DH Deluxe motherboard
PQI Turbo 2GB Ram DDR2 667
2 Sapphire Radeon X850XT Crossfire
Seagate 250GB HDD
Floppy
2 DVD+/- Burners
Duro 900 Power Supply 750W
X-Fi XtremeMusic

no, save the 100 bucks and get a g-15 keyboard and g-7 mouse, trust me you wont regret it, and if you do ill send you my laptop or somthing =/


soulsaver

I think the question's been answered already, it won't make a huge difference, but it will make a slight difference.. Seems like all you're using that system for is gaming and in that it won't make much of a difference. So pretty much the only benefit you'll get out of it is a couple more FPS and points on benchmarks. Now you just have to decide if that's worth $100 or not..
If you ever decided to change that around to an SQL server or something like that, then it'll probably make quite a bit more of a difference..