Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 19 Aug 1996 13:21:43 -0600 (MDT) | From | Rob Riggs <> | Subject | Re: >64M RAM cache requirements? |
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On 20-Aug-96 David Luyer wrote: >>On 19 Aug 1996, Shinanyaku wrote: > >>> Alan Brown was heard saying .... >>> > >>> > A quick question for the gurus: >>> > >>> > Does cache still need to be adjusted above 256kb when RAM is increased >>> > above 64Mb? >>> >>> I've been told yes, it does. I also have first hand (well, ok, second >>> hand) experience with someone who went from 32M to 64M w/ a 256K >>> cache. He said that on /some/ operations, it was slower, while >>> manipulating huge graphics files (>40M), it was faster. >>> >>> He went ahead and installed another 256K cache and it made all the >>> difference. Now he has a nice improvement everywhere. > >It works fine and fast with 128M on a PPro 200. I have heard that this >was a motherboard restriction with 486s and early Pentiums. > >David.
It came as quite a shock to me, but according to Intel's own documentation the Triton chipset cannot cache more than 64MB no matter how much cache RAM you have installed.
Rob (rriggs@tesser.com)
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