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SubjectRe: amd nvidia and mem=nopentium
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> Hi, i have system dual athlon  XP 1900+ system and a nvidia graphic board :
> I need to use the mem=nopentium kernel parameter in order to run X without
> crashes. I'd like to know :
> 1- what are the consequences of 'mem=nopentium' ? Any performance loss ?

Yes. On the whole probably not a lot. You are running XP not MP processors
and the like so you are obviously not too worried about stability. You might
want to see if it actually does crash without nopentium.

> i intend to use a gigabit ethernet adapter on this box.
> 2- is there any fix going on that i should monitor ?

Some gige cards don't seem to work with some dual athlon bioses. Other than
that it should be fine
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