From: Vincent Poy (vince_at_mail.MCESTATE.COM)
Date: Tue Mar 02 1999 - 12:29:09 EST
On Tue, 2 Mar 1999 Robert_Huber_at_WellspringRes.com wrote:
Actually, everyone is incorrect about this... The 64 meg issue
has nothing to do with the OS but the chipset implementation on the
system. If it's the Triton FX/MX/TX/VX, the system can only cache 64 megs
of RAM. If you go over, none of the ram will be cache. If you use the HX
chipset, then it can cache 512 megs of RAM.
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> My understanding about the 64MB cache limit is that the RAM over 64MB is not
> dealt with efficiently and therefore can impact significantly the
> performance of the system.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: MoxFulder1_at_aol.com [SMTP:MoxFulder1_at_aol.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 1999 4:04 AM
> > To: thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu
> > Subject: Re: Should I upgrade to 80 MBytes on TP760ED?
> >
> > Does this mean that i put a total of 96 MB Ram in my 765L for nothing? It
> > is
> > a P166, and I put in a 64MB chip. Have those extra 32 MB gone to waste?
> > Is
> > it hurting my computer? thanks.
> >
> > --andy
> >
> > In a message dated 3/1/99 4:37:30 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> > penzance_at_icanect.net writes:
> >
> > << CC: thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu
> >
> > NT & Linux can use the memory..
> > the cache issue is hardware..
> > if memory serves me correctly, win9x uses memory from the top down, thus
> > with more than 64megs it is uncached memory..
> > in any event, more memory is good with those OS's
> >
> > Hon Yau wrote: >>
>
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