George Woltman wrote:
> b) More importantly, the CPU caches work less effectively as the
> FFT gets larger. A 64K FFT can fit within some CPU's L2 caches.
> Jumping to a 128K FFT means half the data is in the L2 cache and
> half is in main memory (when switching from pass 1 to pass 2 of
> the FFT).
So, will the Pentium 4 Northwood core (with 512KB L2 cache as
compared to the current Willamette's 256KB L2 cache) perform
even better on Prime95? Will there be a setting to tell Prime95
that a Willamette or Northwood core is specifically being used
(as opposed to just "Pentium 4")?
Stephan T. Lavavej
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