Recently I bought myself a Pentium 233 MMX desktop. It came with 64 Mb DIMM module. I took that out and installed a 128 Mb DIMM module.
When it boots up, it says that 512K cache is present. Question is, how do I determine, how much memory is cached with this amount? Will maybe 64 Mb module work faster than a 128 Mb one?
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Well, what chipset is this? Cacheable area depends on tag RAM AFAIK. On Intel chipsets starting with 430FX it's 64 MB, and on 430HX it could be upgraded to 512 MB.
430TX with 512KB does 64mb caching, a 1024kb cache supports 128mb.
430HX needs a board capable of holding an extra tag ram to be able to support 512MB cachable otherwise without the larger tag ram it also support only 64mb.
There exists a 430TX board with 1024KB of cache? Which ones?
bristlehog, you can use CTCM7 in DOS to determine how much RAM is being cached.
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CTCM7? Where could one get that?
I've run AIDA64 trial version, it says that I have a Siemens Nixdorf D1025 mobo based on a 430TX, with 512 Kb external cache and supporting a maximum of 256 Mb memory.
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430tx and 1mb cache....my bad i confused with tx pro which is another story.
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There are lots of ss7 boards with 1mb though via or ali.
430tx is stuck on 512kb cache so max64 mb which i dont think is bad. I used to have no problem running 233mmx and tx97e with 64mb sdram and run win98 and so on. Fast enough.
wrote:CTCM7? Where could one get that?
I've run AIDA64 trial version, it says that I have a Siemens Nixdorf D1025 mobo based on a 430TX, with 512 Kb external cache and supporting a maximum of 256 Mb memory.
The maximum amount of memory you can cache with a 430TX-based motherboard is 64 MB - a well known and deliberate limitation imposed by Intel.
Plan your life wisely, you'll be dead before you know it.
What happens when more than the cacheable amount of memory is installed?
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The first 64mb gets cached, the rest of ram gets performance drops when read and written frequently.
Slowdowns to expect differ on the utilization of that outside cached area ram.
Should be still fast enough for use, cache is a little overrated.
