Comment by VorpalWay
7 hours ago
> So to be honest I don't see the merit of this study. This study is essentially how fast is your interconnect so it can survive bad software that allowed to run untrammelled.
It seems like a worthwhile study if you want to know what CPU to buy to play specific old games that use bus locks. Games that will never be fixed.
> It seems like a worthwhile study if you want to know what CPU to buy to play specific old games that use bus locks. Games that will never be fixed.
Fair.
> old games that use bus locks
Yes the bus locks here are unintentional since LOCK on cache line is not sufficient, the CPU falls back to locking the bus.