From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Oct 14 04:04:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA11180 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Wed, 14 Oct 1998 04:04:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (post-11.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA11161; Wed, 14 Oct 1998 04:04:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-root@i-zone.demon.co.uk) Received: from [158.152.227.78] (helo=i-zone.demon.co.uk) by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.05 #1) id 0zTOiu-0002nQ-00; Wed, 14 Oct 1998 11:04:09 +0000 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 10:14:10 +0100 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG From: John Subject: FreeBSD, maximum memory and 440TX chipset MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Turnpike (32) Version 4.00 <5jmCrxUbpyYdwGXid1yqlWD9$N> Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hello experts (cc'd to freebsd-hardware where it is also relevant) I have an Abit PX5 (440TX) motherboard. I have been advised that, as a win98 machine at least, adding more RAM than 64MB will see a performance hit in the order of 10% as the chipset cannot cache more than 64MB. The cpu is an Intel P166MMX The board can take up to 256MB My questions: Will I see this performance hit in FreeBSD? i.e. is this issue solely chipset specific? Does anyone else here run more than 64MB on a 440tx chipset? Thanks -- John To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message