Re: > 1GB physical on x86: Summary so far
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 3 Jul 1997 22:12:31 +0100 (BST)
> 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