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To: Glenn Norman who wrote (56)	11/30/1999 8:24:00 PM
From: richard surckla	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to 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