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Not talking i5 or i7 here
i have an asus p5ql pro motherboard does anyone know what i can get which will out perform what i currently have (e7200 stock 2.53 @3.6ghz) but its cache is tiny and the game often lags even with an fps config.
I am not too fussed about getting a quad core just yet. if that isnt going to give better performance in tf2 than a dual core for the same price. as i dont do any rendering or video editing i dont think the quad makes that much difference in tf2. plz correct if wrong.
rest of system is decent enough:
4gb ddr2 1066mhz
4850
600w psu

Large CPU-caches are tied to branch-prediction in the mnemonics. Games have VERY little use for “large caches”, whilst compilers, SQL-servers and other heavy static-branching applications do. If you use google, you will notice there are quite a few articles regarding cache size and gaming — and them all telling you there will be no gain from it.

tl;dr : Cache size dosen’t make a difference in games. :)

and hes right, e7200 with a OC like that is fine with TF2. If you’re getting lag i’d say its your TF2 config or internet connection. Make sure you have multicore rendering and TF2 multicore config enabled.

get an E8500, OC it to 4.5ghz, profit

if ur getting lag with 3.6ghz 45nm dual core, u do have srs cfg/os issues :D

tl;dr : Cache size dosen’t make a difference in games. :)

GFYS

Wow…

what?

You need to get off that alcohol, I wasen’t insulting you, I was putting in layman’s terms what you meant by going off on a massively complicated explanation of something of almost NO relevance.

i bet that freeze/lag depends to bad OC…i had the same prob, try to run it stock with an fps config to sort this out.

sure, if u OC it having 100C temps, then it will rather make ur game lag than die in front of u