First post, by jwt27
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Yesterday, while I was indianajones-ing through the deep catacombs of the internets, I found WCPUL2D. This program can change the L2 cache latency on P2 and P3 processors, effectively over- or underclocking your L2 cache.
Just for kicks I booted my Katmai 550 at 120MHz, dropped L2 latency from 8 to 0, and tried Mau1wurf's VGA benchmark set. All scores improved a bit but Doom really stood out: it scored 361 realtics! I think that's pretty fast for a Katmai.
I tried 124MHz too and hit the counter overflow (006.2) on 3DBench2. Everything else crashed though.
Not sure if I should be doing this stuff while I'm absolutely sure my mainboard caps are bad and my PC could spontaneously combust any moment... But hey, it's fun! 🤣