From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 20 12:41:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA00743 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 20 Jul 1998 12:41:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from palrel3.hp.com (palrel3.hp.com [156.153.255.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA00738; Mon, 20 Jul 1998 12:41:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from darrylo@sr.hp.com) Received: from srmail.sr.hp.com (srmail.sr.hp.com [15.4.45.14]) by palrel3.hp.com (8.8.5/8.8.5tis) with ESMTP id MAA12337; Mon, 20 Jul 1998 12:40:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mina.sr.hp.com by srmail.sr.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.16/15.5+ECS 3.3) id AA112693654; Mon, 20 Jul 1998 12:40:54 -0700 Received: from localhost (darrylo@mina.sr.hp.com [15.4.42.247]) by mina.sr.hp.com with ESMTP (8.8.6 (PHNE_14041)/8.7.3 TIS 5.0) id MAA11718; Mon, 20 Jul 1998 12:40:53 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199807201940.MAA11718@mina.sr.hp.com> To: Ludwig Pummer Cc: Donald Burr , "Babylon (Ray)" , FreeBSD Hardware , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mother Board Chip Set question Reply-To: darrylo@sr.hp.com In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 20 Jul 1998 10:29:56 PDT." <199807201730.KAA06412@hub.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 1.1.1.1) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 12:40:53 -0700 From: Darryl Okahata Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Ludwig Pummer 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 DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not constitute the support, opinion, or policy of Hewlett-Packard, or of the little green men that have been following him all day. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message