Originally Posted by demonkevy666 l3 cache is faster then main memory main 63ns vs L3 7ns AMD 790FX Chipset AMD 790FX Chipset is designed to support up to 5200MT/s HyperTransport 3.0 (HT 3.0) HT 3.0 is 2600mhz thats not the real latency of the 3rd lvl cache, its hidden by the prefetchers, its somewhere ~30-40ns same goes for nehalem.
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