Bigeye #3: Asus P/I-P55TP4N

Created on May 23, 2020
Indexed on August 22, 2022 at 01:30 PM

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This machine is largely the same as the last, but managed to pull ahead three frames per second. How so? It's all thanks to the 256KB of L2 cache installed on this system.

It's a certain kind too; you're very often going to see L2 cache in the form of a couple large chips on Socket 7 boards, technically called pipeline burst cache. Older L2 cache came in four or eight DIP modules, and PC magazine ads from early 1996 bragged a ton about pipeline burst cache.

The S3 Virge being used here is actually capable of 3D acceleration, but it is AWFUL. Seriously, it's worse than software rendering on the 486 I showed. A Trio64 card of some kind makes sense to use if that's all you have, though the Virge is at least good at 2D rendering.

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