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