Reply 20 of 24, by Totempole
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wrote:wrote:I can safely say my CPU speed dropped by atleast 1/3 after doing so. It's running at about the same speed as a Pentium 200MMX, even slower than a Pentium Pro.
I suppose. Looking back, PC player bench becomes 33% slower without L2, but Quake 1 just 15% slower:
133 MHz Challenge - 5th/6th gen CPU per clock performance
Results definitely vary. In many old DOS games, it has no effect at all. I actually just used MDK's performance test as a guide. Probably not the most accurate way to measure. 🤣
My Retro Gaming PC:
Pentium III 450MHz Katmai Slot 1
Transcend 256MB PC133
Gigabyte GA-6BXC
MSI Geforce 2 MX400 AGP
Ensoniq ES1371 PCI
Sound Blaster AWE64 ISA