From: Mark Bell (bytehead_at_bellatlantic.net)
Date: Wed Mar 03 1999 - 05:48:17 EST
At 12:23 AM 3/3/99, Paul Khoury wrote:
>On Tue, 2 Mar 1999 09:29:09 -0800 (PST), Vincent Poy wrote:
>
>>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.
>
>So, does this mean that the RAM beyond 64MB doesn't make a difference, or
what
>exactly does it mean? I suppose it's possible to find out which chipset
the 760ED uses through
>software, right?
You have to weigh the pros and cons. :) For memory hungry applications, the
degredation
in system performance above 64megs due to caching issues might be miniscule
compared
to the headaches users are suffering by using 64megs or less of physical
ram. The memory
WILL be used, but caching is absent. BTW, the HX chipset can cache more
than 64megs because
it was targeted towards the server market where memory can make all the
difference in
the world. I still keep HX MBs in storage just for clients who use Pentium
servers or want
another one.
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