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- From: noah@apple.com (Noah Price)
- Subject: Re: MacIIsi cache: 32K vs. 64K ?
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- Message-ID: <noah-061192103050@noah.apple.com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 18:30:56 GMT
- References: <1992Nov4.203400.25811@wdl.loral.com>
- Organization: (not the opinions of) Apple Computer, Inc.
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- In article <1992Nov4.203400.25811@wdl.loral.com>, mlf@wdl30.wdl.loral.com
- (Mike L Forster) wrote:
- > I've noticed that one adds 64K of RAM cache to a MacIIci. But, the
- > MacIIvx has 32K of RAM cache on-board.
- > What are the tradeoffs? If 32K is sufficient, that option is more
- > attractive to me.
-
- The 32K cache vs. 64K cache shouldn't differ by more than a couple percent
- in performance (5% tops, in a worst case situation). If the other features
- of the 32K cache solution are better, I'd go with it.
-
- noah
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