Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 13:24:24 -0700 From: Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com> To: darrylo@sr.hp.com Cc: Donald Burr <dburr@pobox.com>, "Babylon (Ray)" <babylon@swcp.com>, FreeBSD Hardware <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mother Board Chip Set question Message-ID: <199807202027.NAA08568@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <199807201940.MAA11718@mina.sr.hp.com> References: <Your message of "Mon, 20 Jul 1998 10:29:56 PDT." <199807201730.KAA06412@hub.freebsd.org>
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At 12:40 PM 7/20/98 -0700, Darryl Okahata wrote: >Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com> wrote: > >> At 02:45 AM 7/20/98 -0700, Donald Burr wrote: >> >The only problem with the 430TX is that it WILL NOT cache memory above the >> >64 MB boundary. Whether or not this will hurt your performance, really >> >depends on how you use your machine. For me, I could care less. >> >> Actually, it can, but only with a little help. On Asus TX chipset boards, >> there is a small socket for a 'tag SRAM' chip which would allow all memory >> to be cached (i think the board's max is 256MB). > > You're confusing TX with HX. The TX is limited to caching only >64MB, whereas the ASUS HX-based boards (e.g., P55T2P4) can cache past >that with a tag RAM chip (or by the appropriate COAST module). > > -- Darryl Okahata > Internet: darrylo@sr.hp.com You're right. I stand corrected. --Ludwig Pummer ludwigp@bigfoot.com ludwigp@chipweb.ml.org ICQ UIN: 692441 http://chipweb.home.ml.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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