Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: > 1GB physical on x86: Summary so far | Date | Thu, 3 Jul 1997 23:51:07 +0200 (Funky) | From | "Matthias Urlichs" <> |
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Hi,
Alan Cox wrote: > >> On the other hand, I'd be surprised to see a mainboard that supports even >> 1 GByte of memory reliably... most max out at 512 these days, and their >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
OK, OK, I should have said "Pentium mainboard". Sorry about that.
I tend to forget that Intel makes P6/PIIs -- after all, if you want something reasonable, get an Alpha. ;-)
(Whether the makers of P6/PII mainboards have in fcat thested their beasts with more than 512 M is another question...)
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