Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 12:40:53 -0700 From: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@sr.hp.com> To: Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com> Cc: Donald Burr <dburr@pobox.com>, "Babylon (Ray)" <babylon@swcp.com>, FreeBSD Hardware <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mother Board Chip Set question Message-ID: <199807201940.MAA11718@mina.sr.hp.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 20 Jul 1998 10:29:56 PDT." <199807201730.KAA06412@hub.freebsd.org>
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Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com> wrote:
> At 02:45 AM 7/20/98 -0700, Donald Burr wrote:
> >The only problem with the 430TX is that it WILL NOT cache memory above the
> >64 MB boundary. Whether or not this will hurt your performance, really
> >depends on how you use your machine. For me, I could care less.
>
> Actually, it can, but only with a little help. On Asus TX chipset boards,
> there is a small socket for a 'tag SRAM' chip which would allow all memory
> to be cached (i think the board's max is 256MB).
You're confusing TX with HX. The TX is limited to caching only
64MB, whereas the ASUS HX-based boards (e.g., P55T2P4) can cache past
that with a tag RAM chip (or by the appropriate COAST module).
-- Darryl Okahata
Internet: darrylo@sr.hp.com
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