Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 08:39:08 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> To: Carey.Nairn@its.utas.edu.au Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Intel 430VX (Triton III) chipset Message-ID: <199610091539.IAA06849@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.91.961009151438.8736H-100000@wedge.its.utas.edu.au> from Carey Nairn at "Oct 9, 96 03:17:44 pm"
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> 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
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