quad cores with sheared cache

[headcrabCAKE]

just what the name says

what quad cores have sheared cache? i know the Q6600 don't (its just 2 duel cores in one)

i was looking at the Q9550 i could not seem to find out if it had shared cache


main reason i was wondering because a few people said shared cache is faster then none shared
and i saw Intel's price drops that will be coming soon and i went nuts lol

 

[Archangel]

(its just 2 duel cores in one)

well, for 'just' 2 dual cores it still packs quite a punch

as for the topic, no Idea. tbh, i'm not even fuzzed about whats inside a cpu, only how it performs and the temps that come with it.

 

[Timo]

If it performs better it doesn't matter if it's shared or not... Just take the one that performs to your price

 

[diduknowthat]

I think only the Phenoms are true quad core, thus share all cache. However, the intel "fake" quad cores still run circles around them.