Subject: Re: PCI chipsets.
To: Christoph Badura <bad@ora.de>
From: Darren Reed <darrenr@cyber.com.au>
List: port-i386
Date: 03/11/1998 10:48:23
In some mail I received from Christoph Badura, sie wrote
> darrenr@cyber.com.au (Darren Reed) wrote:
> >How do the newer SiS PCI chipsets stack up against those from intel ?
> >Does anyone know if they have better/worse performance (aside being
> >able to run at 83MHz) or if RAM coverage by the cache is limited ?
> 
> I assume you mean the SiS 5591/5595.  SiS has not approved running that
> chipset faster then 66MHz.  It's cache can also handle no more then 256MB
> RAM.

Yup, I meant those.  Still, 256MB is more than the 430FX/430TX handle.

> The Ali Aladdin V looks more interesting, IMHO.

Are there any motherboards with these in them ?

Darren