[CUBE] 1.4GHz 7457 is here!

[J.C. Webber III]

john allan wrote:
> Well,
> 
> The different between a 1.2 GHz and 1.4 GHz is only 16 % which is *just*
> enough to notice a little difference. *However*, the speed of the machine is
> not entirely dependent on the speed on the processor. You've got bus, hard
> drive and RAM speed in there making - or not making in this case - a
> difference too.
> 
> So I'd expect a clean 10% increase which is about the minimum that might
> notice a speed difference. General user experience, e.g. Windows and apps
> opening would feel a little snappier, it would make an old 1.2 GHz feel like
> brand new again. 

You left out one additional plus for the 1.4Ghz processor, it has twice
the L2 cache (512k vs 256k).  I don't know how much additional performance
that provides, but I'll wager it's not insignificant.

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