Ok, as I posted yesterday, I work with resource hog engineering programs and ZERO gamming. I do ALOT of multitasking and often use VR software along with 2-3 other programs + browser. Will the increased L2 cache minimize bottlenecks when there's so many programs running concurrently? I'm still "iffy" on the importance of l2 cache. I got this of the web, is it true?
"Data is transmitted from the processor chip into main memory through the L2 cache. This stops a data bottleneck. L2 cache that's 256K in size can handle the cache functionality for up to 64Mb of DRAM. 512K of L2 cache handle caching for up to 128Mb of RAM"
I'm looking at the the x2 +3800 but worry about what I may lose by not getting the opteron 170 (apart from the extra $80). Is it worth it in the long run? The test run in the link below show nearly identical benchmarks for the two! Am I missing something?
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2648
These are the programs I use often (and usually combined!)
IBM VIA VOICE 9
SOLIDWORKS (3D MODELING)
PRO/E (3D M)
MATLAB (multi-threaded computational analysis software)
MATHCAD
AUTOCAD
MS OFFICE
ADOBE ACROBAT
FIREFOX
ITUNES
NORTON ANTI-V
"Data is transmitted from the processor chip into main memory through the L2 cache. This stops a data bottleneck. L2 cache that's 256K in size can handle the cache functionality for up to 64Mb of DRAM. 512K of L2 cache handle caching for up to 128Mb of RAM"
I'm looking at the the x2 +3800 but worry about what I may lose by not getting the opteron 170 (apart from the extra $80). Is it worth it in the long run? The test run in the link below show nearly identical benchmarks for the two! Am I missing something?
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2648
These are the programs I use often (and usually combined!)
IBM VIA VOICE 9
SOLIDWORKS (3D MODELING)
PRO/E (3D M)
MATLAB (multi-threaded computational analysis software)
MATHCAD
AUTOCAD
MS OFFICE
ADOBE ACROBAT
FIREFOX
ITUNES
NORTON ANTI-V