From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Feb 17 15:01:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA12013 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 15:01:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from csla.csl.sri.com (csla.csl.sri.com [192.12.33.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA11853 for ; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 15:00:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gilham@csl.sri.com) Received: from snapdragon.csl.sri.com (snapdragon.csl.sri.com [130.107.18.20]) by csla.csl.sri.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA02473 for ; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 14:55:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from snapdragon.csl.sri.com (localhost.csl.sri.com [127.0.0.1]) by snapdragon.csl.sri.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA11624 for ; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 14:59:22 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199802172259.OAA11624@snapdragon.csl.sri.com> To: FreeBSD hackers list Subject: Re: opinions requested on new mainboard purchase In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 16 Feb 1998 00:00:15 +0100." <19980216000015.18652@keltia.freenix.fr> Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 14:59:22 -0800 From: Fred Gilham Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Ollivier Robert writes: ---------------------------------------- According to Greg Lehey: > While people are recommending, what would you recommend for a 128 MB > RAM system? Almost all boards nowadays are TX, but they only cache 64 > MB. Either a HX-based board such as the T2P4 from ASUS or one based on the VIA-2 chipset (I don't think it has the limitation of TX/VX). ---------------------------------------- With the ASUS T2P4 you have to make sure you buy a tag ram chip that the board doesn't come with. This chip is necessary to allow the board to cache more than 64meg. At least the one I got needed this. -Fred Gilham gilham@csl.sri.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message