Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 12:35:27 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Jim Riffle <rif@rif.hoosierlink.net> Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mainboard recomendation needed Message-ID: <199802232035.MAA12266@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 23 Feb 1998 14:53:19 EST." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980223144434.2133A-100000@rif.hoosierlink.net>
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> > I am wondering if anyone can recommend a good Pentium mainboard which will > cache 128 Megs of ram in 70 Pin SIMMS. My hardware guy said > they stopped making the ASUS board he knew of and found a FIC PA-2007 > which looks like it may do the job. However this board uses the VIA VP2 > chipset and I am not sure how that has worked out. I already have 4 64Meg > simms, so I need to find some motherboards I can utilize this ram in. The VIA VP2 and VP3-based boards are supposed to be pretty good. Another alternative is anything based on the Intel 430HX chipset, eg. the Tekram P5H30WS (onboard fast/wide SCSI). > On a second though, is it important to have all your memory cached on a > FreeBSD system? I have heard the primary impact is in other OSes where > things are loaded at the upper end of the available ram first. On any systems which virtualises the address space, having *all* of your memory cached is critical. -- \\ 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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