L2 cache....is it worth it???

[CrazyKillerMan 0]

I have 512 kb of lvl 2 cache enabled in the bios of my mobo (Asus P2B-F) and i have it disabled in windows 2k. I have 256 megs of ram, and i was wondering if it was worth enabling L2 cache in windows. I have a P3 500.

Thanx

[Leon23 0]

Level 2 cache can speed things up very much.

 

Read this article

 

http://www.pcguide.com/ref/mbsys/cache

 

It's about cache in general, level 2 cache is also reviewed.

 

[This message has been edited by Leon23 (edited 06 March 2001).]

[Dirty Harry 0]

Please fill me in:

Why would you want to disable L2 in Windows 2k ?

 

How (where) do you disable it in W2K ?

 

H.

[CUViper 0]

Quote:

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Dirty Harry:
Why would you want to disable L2 in Windows 2k ?</font>

you wouldn't - L2 cache can halp a lot, so leave it enabled

[CrazyKillerMan 0]

well....win2k defaults to not using L2 cache...on my machine the amount of lvl 2 cache it was using is 0.

Get x-setup 5.7

http://www.tweakfiles.com/allinone/xsetup.html

and this shows im using 0 lvl 2 cache.

[pimpin_228 0]

I thought you had to do that in your bios