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- From: jmsimon@acsu.buffalo.edu (JMS)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: large caches ona 486
- Keywords: 486, caches and Linux
- Message-ID: <BszJvz.9Is@acsu.buffalo.edu>
- Date: 14 Aug 92 18:11:59 GMT
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- mal11@po.CWRU.Edu (Matthew A. Lewis) writes:
- >
- >I was considering get a 256k cache for my i486-33 and I was wondering
- >if anyone has had any problems with caches on these faster machine.
- >I can't understand why there would be a hardware probelm depeendant
- >upon software. The only problem I've ever had with a machine being TOO
- >fast is playing video games :)
-
- No problems here. Of course, I can't attest to any spped increase/decrease
- with Linux, as I haven't bothered disabling the cache. For MS-DOG it is
- definitely a help, tho.
-
- It might not even be doing anything with Linux - would someone with more
- info like to shed some light on this? Does the cache make enough of a
- difference to be worth having? I *can* compile the kernel in about 2-3mins,
- but that may just speak for the 486-33 and quick (relatively) IDE drives.
-
- As an side, though, I have an opportunity to trade some hardware that I
- have (a 20mb hardcard, SVGA card and 12-1mbx9 SIMMS) for 4-4mb SIMMS. What
- kind of a difference will I notice going from 8mb to 16mb (4 of the 1x9's
- that I have are in a box because I only have 8 memory slots - woops!)?
-
- >MaThiEu a. LeWis
- >Thieves Like Us
- >mal11@po.cwru.edu
-
- JMS
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