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- From: exuptr@exu.ericsson.se (Patrick Taylor)
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- Subject: Re: 60nSec memory - Will 486/33 be faster?
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- Date: 20 Aug 92 19:32:41 GMT
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- In article <92233.100402REE700A@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> REE700A@MAINE.MAINE.EDU writes:
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- >From: REE700A@MAINE.MAINE.EDU
- >Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- >Subject: Re: 60nSec memory - Will 486/33 be faster?
- >Message-ID: <92233.100402REE700A@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
- >Date: 20 Aug 92 14:04:02 GMT
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- > The change from 70 or 80 nS RAM to 60 nS RAM is only necessary if :
- >a) Your board doesn't properly perform interleaved cache fills
- >b) It does, but all four banks of SIMMS are full (16 SIMMS!)
- >or
- >c) You are truely concerned about to 10-20 nS hit the first time a cache
- > miss occurs. I assume your 486/33 has 256K cache (if not - upgrade
- > that before all of the main memory). For a modest 90% cache hit rate,
- > a 25% reduction in SIMM cycle time corresponds to about a 2.5% memory
- > system speed-up on an effective zero wait state system.
-
- > Therefore, my recommendation: Fill all four banks (16MB of 1MB simms!)
- >Shut off any virtual memory bullshit. Get a 256K cache with less than 30
- >nanosecond cycle time. If you are currently running 4MB in 256K simms,
- >don't replace them with 4MB of faster 256K simms! Get 8MB of 1MB simms,
- >take the temporary wash-out in performance (two way interleave of 60's
- >compared to 4-way 80's) and add the other 8MB when you can afford it.
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- I second that. In fact, if you can stretch your budget, go for 4MB sticks.
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