Quote:I have a very basic graphic card (Nvidia Geforce 8400GS), and this might be the problem
That's is your problem. Get a GT430 or higher and you'll be fine. Or a 5670 or higher if you like ATI better.
Have you installed the nvidia drivers? The ones that windows automatically installs are very slow.
An 8400GS is too slow, period.
(03-30-2011, 06:40 PM)AndehX Wrote: [ -> ]If you're building a gaming computer, L3 Cache = gaming performance, period.
I just found out that the 840 does not have any L3 cache
is there any point in buying it instead of the 640 (other than higher clocks)?
Quote:I just found out that the 840 does not have any L3 cache Angry is there any point in buying it instead of the 640 (other than higher clocks)?
First of all his comment "L3 = gaming performance" is totally wrong. Most modern games don't care as long as they have at least 2-3MB of total cache, throughput it way more important to game performance than cache size. If this statement was true then SC2 wouldn't run up to twice as fast on an i7 920 vs. a phenom II 955 (which have the same amount of L2 + L3 cache).
Dolphin does gain some benefit from a larger cache but like most applications the more you have to begin with the less of an effect further increasing it has.
And you're wrong about the 840 not having any L3 cache. The 840 has a 6MB L3 cache instead of the fullsize 8MB.
(04-13-2011, 05:01 AM)ryancollins Wrote: [ -> ] (04-13-2011, 03:39 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote: [ -> ]And you're wrong about the 840 not having any L3 cache. The 840 has a 6MB L3 cache instead of the fullsize 8MB.
Not according to this 
ya, the 840 is the sole exception and only Phenom II processor above 2 cores that has no L3 cache at all. that is just bad luck...
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(04-13-2011, 03:39 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote: [ -> ]And you're wrong about the 840 not having any L3 cache. The 840 has a 6MB L3 cache instead of the fullsize 8MB.
I believe that Phenom II's have 6MB NOT 8MB
(04-12-2011, 10:16 PM)ryancollins Wrote: [ -> ]I just found out that the 840 does not have any L3 cache is there any point in buying it instead of the 640 (other than higher clocks)?
Anyway back to the original question.
Quote:I believe that Phenom II's have 6MB NOT 8MB
Yes, I was confusing it with an i7. I meant to say the 8xx have 4MB of L3 instead of 6MB, that's what newegg originally listed. Newegg seems to have changed it though. Maybe newegg just had a typo?
Quote:ya, the 840 is the sole exception and only Phenom II processor above 2 cores that has no L3 cache at all. that is just bad luck...
What about 6xx and 4xx series cpus? Quad core with no L3 and triple core with no L3.
Quote:Anyway back to the original question.
I guess. It doesn't really make a lot of sense but I can't see any other differences.
(04-13-2011, 07:54 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote: [ -> ]Quote:ya, the 840 is the sole exception and only Phenom II processor above 2 cores that has no L3 cache at all. that is just bad luck...
What about 6xx and 4xx series cpus? Quad core with no L3 and triple core with no L3.
I think he meant the only Phenom II