[ltp] TP 600 and Memory

Mark Beierl linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Thu, 27 Sep 2001 08:06:31 -0400


Ooops, sorry, didn't read close enough, yep 64m cache.  Ignore me please...

Mark

Mark Beierl wrote:

> Prior to switching to an A20, I had 256m in my 600x and used it all very
> well.
>
> Regards,
> Mark
>
> "Adam M. Bodnar" wrote:
>
> > I've recently acquired a ThinkPad 600 and been reading up on the specs of
> > it and what I'll have to do to get linux running on it.
> >
> > One of the things I noticed is that it's using a 430TX chipset and from
> > what I've read, this chipset can only cache up to 64MB. So least under
> > Windows, if you have more than 64MB of memory you actually lose
> > performance.
> >
> > What I was wondering if anyone knows if this behavior occurs under Linux
> > and how much memory most people have in their laptop.
> >
> > --
> > Adam M. Bodnar
> > Email: ambodnar@bigfoot.com
> >
> > I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.
> >
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