Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 08:55:18 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: John <freebsd-root@i-zone.demon.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD, maximum memory and 440TX chipset Message-ID: <199810141555.IAA01000@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 14 Oct 1998 10:14:10 BST." <dzoiNLAitGJ2EwpT@i-zone.demon.co.uk>
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> 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? It's a feature of the 430TX and 430VX chipsets, and yes, once you start using memory over the 64M mark you will find it hurts FreeBSD too. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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