Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 13:03:06 +0100 (BST) From: Stephen Roome <steve@visint.co.uk> To: Howard Lew <hlew@www2.shoppersnet.com> Cc: Dave Alderman <dave@persprog.com>, Vincent Poy <vince@mail.MCESTATE.COM>, hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pentuim or Pentuim Pro ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970411130202.11730K-100000@bagpuss.visint.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970410204608.12390A-100000@www2.shoppersnet.com>
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On Thu, 10 Apr 1997, Howard Lew wrote: > On Thu, 10 Apr 1997, Stephen Roome wrote: > > > On Tue, 8 Apr 1997, Dave Alderman wrote: > > > Does anyone know if the VIA Apollo VP2 is any better? What about the > > > new AMD CMD640 chipset (which is based on the VP2 - maybe it IS the > > > VP2)? > > > > The stats on the VP2 look nice (http://sysdoc.pair.com/ has some bench's). > > But I'd be interested also in any SiS powered boards, SiS seem to come > > out with chipsets which really are better than the competition, but they > > don't release anything new often enough to be a serious competitor. > > > > I do like SiS though, they're just not supported under Windows very well, > > which is oh such a shame. > > > > Steve Roome. > > Hmmm... under Tom's list for DRAM cacheability, he has: "64 or 512MB" for > the Intel HX, VIA VP-1, and VIA VP-2, but does anyone know why the "or"? I believe with these board you actually have to *solder* extra TAG ram on to get the 512MB cacheable. This sounds insane but I've seen more than one reference to having to solder on more TAGRAM! -- Steve Roome Broom Cupboard Stockist, Vision Interactive Ltd. E: steve@visint.co.uk M: +44 (0) 976 241 342 T: +44 (0) 117 973 0597 F: +44 (0) 117 923 8522
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