L2 Cache question

Heya all.

I was browsing the internet for tweaks for my E6500
I have the T9600 processor on this machine and I found some kind of a L2 cashe tweak for Vista.

The link for some info is here.
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/75681-cpu-l2-cache-memory-setting-vista.html

Have you guys tried this?
Do you know what setting I should put in registry?

Thanks

/KimmoK

 

it's autodetected. no need.

 

I went in to registry to check this.
I had a 0 in that registry key.

Is it still autodetected?

 

Yes it is.
Vista would have populated this reg key if the system hardware abstraction layer (HAL) wasn't able to properly enum and ident the CPU cache. Newer systems don't use this key. That's why Vista left it at 0.

But I just know curiousity will get the best of you sitting wondering if it really did identify your CPU and cache correctly. So go check it out yourself. Here's how.

First your T9600 has a 6MB L2 cache

1. Click on Start and type Performance Information and Tools in the search box and select it.

2. Once it opens select Advanced tools.

3. At the bottom of the list select Generate a system health report.
This will take about 30 - 60 seconds, go get a drink.

4. Once completed, scroll down to Hardware Configuration and click the down arrow on the right to expand it. Then open Devices.

5. Scroll down to the Motherboard Classes, expand the Win32_Processor (6th one down). Expand once more.

6. Scroll down to L2CacheSize value. You'll see it was correctly detected by the OS at 6144. Now you can sleep better tonight

 

Super thanks MiB!

/KimmoK

 

Super welcome