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Technology Stocks : RAMBUS (Nasdaq: RMBS) - THE EAGLE
RMBS 87.70-3.8%Nov 18 3:59 PM EST

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To: Glenn Norman who wrote (56)11/30/1999 8:24:00 PM
From: richard surckla  Read Replies (1) of 2039
 
What do some of the gamers think? Found this while bouncing around:

Loyd Case <loyd@uncertainty.com> wrote in message
news:81vmdq$33h$1@news.3dfx.com...

I'm not surprised. The L2 cache on the PIII/Coppermine is actually smaller (256KB), but faster (full speed of the CPU), and is embedded in the chip.

Intel spent a lot of time tuning the cache, too, for more efficient transfers. Couple that with RDRAM, and you have a very strong combination.

On the other hand, if you put the Coppermine 733 in a CC820 motherboard (820 with SDRAM rather than RDRAM), it's slower than an Athlon 700, so would be much slower than a 750. It's the Copperminer/RDRAM combination that's potent. Throughput makes up for raw CPU muscle in this case.

Best Regards,
Loyd Case
Contributing Editor, Technology
Computer Gaming World & Gamespot
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