Difference between two Processors

[Leo]

Purchasing a new Laptop, the two are the following...

ASUS F8 Series - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16834220192

ASUS G Series - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16834220220

Now, the G series has 2GB of Ram, a DDR3 Video Card, with 256MB Dedicated Video Power, a 17" screen with 1920 x 1200 Resolution. That's insane for a Laptop, however, if you know anything about Processors or computers, you will notice the L2 Cache. 512KiB x2 for each core.

Now, the F8 series. 1GB of RAM with 1GB of Turbo Memory (allows the HDD speed to buffer faster) standard 256MB video card (DDR2 of VRAM), and get this...4MB of L2 Cache. What gives?

Now, I've done some research on both processors, and the AMD Processor with the 512KiB for each core is "2 x 512 KiB 16-way associative exclusive cache". Either I've been out of the loop for a while, or I really don't know what the f*** that means. Even further research of the OTHER Processors shows "Shared 4MB"

Now, I'm not to experenced with Level 2 Cache information, so what the real question is here, is...which laptop? Does Shared work better than the associative exclusive cache? Or vice-versa?

~Leo

---

You fear oblivion. Yet you forget. The universe remembers every atom of your being. Even dust hums your name in the dark.
Roleplay is dead. Long live Powertraders and PvP I guess.