Nick Everything to Nothing Messages 4,053 Location Wales Aug 13, 2007 #1 on my bios i have the option to disable the CPU external cache, if i do then my cpu temp drops buy about 6 degrees, there is no change in performance, is it safe to do this, if it its then i can overclock by much more
on my bios i have the option to disable the CPU external cache, if i do then my cpu temp drops buy about 6 degrees, there is no change in performance, is it safe to do this, if it its then i can overclock by much more
saladfork In Runtime Messages 181 Aug 13, 2007 #2 I doubt you would want to disable your L2 cache.. Youve disabled it and not seen a performance drop?
OP OP Nick Everything to Nothing Messages 4,053 Location Wales Aug 13, 2007 #3 i have actually, when running lots of programs, i think ill enable it again thanks anyway
b1gapl Mod Emeritus Messages 13,044 Location USA Aug 13, 2007 #4 The amount of L2 cache, is not a big factor in a processor's performance.
OP OP Nick Everything to Nothing Messages 4,053 Location Wales Aug 13, 2007 #5 it might have been me thinking it was slower becuase i concisionly knew it was disabled
