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Date:      Mon, 20 Jul 1998 13:24:24 -0700
From:      Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com>
To:        darrylo@sr.hp.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:  <199807202027.NAA08535@hub.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <199807201940.MAA11718@mina.sr.hp.com>
References:  <Your message of "Mon, 20 Jul 1998 10:29:56 PDT."             <199807201730.KAA06412@hub.freebsd.org>

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At 12:40 PM 7/20/98 -0700, Darryl Okahata wrote:
>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

You're right. I stand corrected.
--Ludwig Pummer
ludwigp@bigfoot.com ludwigp@chipweb.ml.org
ICQ UIN: 692441   http://chipweb.home.ml.org

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