From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Oct 14 08:50:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA09607 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Wed, 14 Oct 1998 08:50:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA09585; Wed, 14 Oct 1998 08:50:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA01000; Wed, 14 Oct 1998 08:55:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199810141555.IAA01000@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: John cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD, maximum memory and 440TX chipset In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 14 Oct 1998 10:14:10 BST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 08:55:18 -0700 From: Mike Smith 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? 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