Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: > 1GB physical on x86: Summary so far | Date | Thu, 3 Jul 1997 22:12:31 +0100 (BST) |
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> On the other hand, I'd be surprised to see a mainboard that supports ev= > en > 1 GByte of memory reliably... most max out at 512 these days, and their > performance sucks above the 64-MB threshold if you rely on your vendor'= > s > claim that the tag RAM they installed is actually big enough. :-(
The onboard cache on the P6 caches the full 36bits in the 256 or 512K L2 cache. The PentiumII I believe is the same. You can build a 4Gbyte PC from standard 450GX chipset components.
Alan
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