How to get the Cache Information about a processor?

[viv5]

Is there any way by which I could get the Cache Memory Details of my processor (Intel) either in BIOS or in Windows?
Also can I alter this information so that I make it appear less/more than the original value?

I am using Windows 2000 OS.

 

[pain.angel]

Also can I alter this information so that I make it appear less/more than the original value?

Why would you want to do that?

CPU-z will tell you but you cant change it no...

 

[Shmuckety]

There is something very shady going on here.

 

[chrisf6969]

LOL, do you want to make it appear as though your 3.4C has an extra 2Mb of L3 cache so you can sell it as a 3.4EE ?

CPU-Z, Sisoft, Intel's Processor ID utility.... you can also use Sisoft's memory bandwidth benchmark the graph basically shows it by graphing performance and the drop occurs at each level of cach...


_ L1
--\__ L2
-------\
--------\____ system memory
----------------
......../\ illustrates the 512Mb cache and drop down to system memory

 

[viv5]

I am about to purchase one, just confirming if these sort of things happens or not.

 

[chrisf6969]

I am about to purchase one, just confirming if these sort of things happens or not.

Well, you can't reprogram an Intel chip, multiplier or cache, so what its reporting is what it is. The most recent version CPU-Z is very accurate.

Even if certain programs don't report it right, which some programs won't recognize chips or caches properly, it should still work right, thats why I said use Sisoft to benchmark it and look at the results.

However, people get ripped off all the time online, so buyer beware (forgot the Latin for it)

AMD chips (bridges) use to get pencil, soldered, cut, etc... and rebadged and sold as higher speed bins but its pretty rare lately.

 

[1c3d0g]

Caveat emptor...