Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 10:09:34 +1100 (EST) From: Carey Nairn <cp_nairn@its.utas.edu.au> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Intel 430VX (Triton III) chipset Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.93.961010100713.253E-100000@krondor.cpn.org.au> In-Reply-To: <199610091539.IAA06849@GndRsh.aac.dev.com>
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On Wed, 9 Oct 1996, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > Hi, > > > > anyone know of any gotchas with this chipset? > > First off, as others have pointed out, this is NOT Triton-III, and > sales folks using that in there lit. are doing everyone a miss services. > > The 430VX is a low cost design alternative to the 430HX, it has a memory > space restriction of 128MB, though it does add support for SDRAM and some > view that as a neat feature. It also has no way that I have seen to cache > above 64MB. > > > I am considering getting an Asus P/I-P55TVP4 M/B with this chipset on it > > and would like to make an informed decision. > > As you state later you have opted for the PCI/I-P55T2P4 board, that would > be my recomendation. If your going for a large memory space be sure to > get a revision 1.6 or later board that has the support for caching >64MB > by simply adding a 32kx8-15nS 5V chip to the board, the earlier versions > require a special COAST module for this, the 1.6 and later do not. > > > > -- > Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com > > Thanks for your input. Even though I doubt I will be exceeding 64MB with this machine, I will still go for the PCI/I-P55T2P4 as I previously mentioned. Cheers, Carey ========================================================================= Carey Nairn ! email : Carey.Nairn@its.utas.edu.au Infrastructure Services ! phone : (002) 20 7419 Information Technology Services ! fax : (002) 20 7898 University of Tasmania. ! =========================================================================
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