Re: P3 capabilities (was dselect memory use)

2007-02-15 Thread Russell Coker
On Wednesday 14 February 2007 09:49, Matthew Garrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Russell Coker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: P3 server machines can easily handle more RAM, I've had P3 servers with 1G and 2G before. But desktops are limited (desktop and server versions of the P3 CPU have

Re: P3 capabilities (was dselect memory use)

2007-02-15 Thread Steve Greenland
On 14-Feb-07, 16:48 (CST), Russell Coker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 14 February 2007 09:49, Matthew Garrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Like any other P6-class CPU[1], the Pentium 3 can handle up to 64GB of RAM via PAE. Certain chipsets may be more restrictive, but it's not a

Re: P3 capabilities (was dselect memory use)

2007-02-14 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 08:58:11AM +1100, Russell Coker wrote: On Thursday 08 February 2007 22:14, Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Beside the point I know, but I had P-III machines with more RAM than that installed in the past. 768Mb at least. Were they desktop machines? If so

Re: P3 capabilities (was dselect memory use)

2007-02-14 Thread Daniel Baumann
Evgeni Golov wrote: In 2000/2001? I still have a p3-500 on a asus p3b-f with 512mb ram here at home as a fileserver, and one with 384mb at my girlfriends home as a desktop... i did tend to change hardware more frequently in the past, nowadays it doesn't make so much of a difference anymore.

Re: P3 capabilities

2007-02-14 Thread Florian Weimer
* Matthew Garrett: Russell Coker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: P3 server machines can easily handle more RAM, I've had P3 servers with 1G and 2G before. But desktops are limited (desktop and server versions of the P3 CPU have significant differences among other things). Like any other

Re: P3 capabilities

2007-02-14 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 11:36:10AM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote: You've got a funny definition of P6-class. 8-) There are Pentium IIs whose on-chip L2 cache can only cover 512 MB. PAE is only of theoretical value on these systems. P6-class says nothing about how much memory the CPU can

Re: P3 capabilities (was dselect memory use)

2007-02-14 Thread The Fungi
On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 08:09:48AM +0100, Daniel Baumann wrote: one of the most famous desktop boards for pentium 3 slot cpus was the asus p3b-f. it can handle 4 dimms with a total capacity of 1gb (lucky me had such a machine in 2000/2001. :). Just for another data point, I *presently* use one

P3 capabilities (was dselect memory use)

2007-02-13 Thread Russell Coker
On Thursday 08 February 2007 22:14, Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Beside the point I know, but I had P-III machines with more RAM than that installed in the past. 768Mb at least. Were they desktop machines? If so what brand? P3 server machines can easily handle more RAM, I've had P3

Re: P3 capabilities (was dselect memory use)

2007-02-13 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 08:58:11AM +1100, Russell Coker wrote: P3 server machines can easily handle more RAM, I've had P3 servers with 1G and 2G before. But desktops are limited (desktop and server versions of the P3 CPU have significant differences among other things). What

Re: P3 capabilities (was dselect memory use)

2007-02-13 Thread Matthew Garrett
Russell Coker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: P3 server machines can easily handle more RAM, I've had P3 servers with 1G and 2G before. But desktops are limited (desktop and server versions of the P3 CPU have significant differences among other things). Like any other P6-class CPU[1], the

Re: P3 capabilities (was dselect memory use)

2007-02-13 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 08:58:11AM +1100, Russell Coker wrote: On Thursday 08 February 2007 22:14, Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Beside the point I know, but I had P-III machines with more RAM than that installed in the past. 768Mb at least. Were they desktop machines? If so

Re: P3 capabilities (was dselect memory use)

2007-02-13 Thread Daniel Baumann
Russell Coker wrote: Were they desktop machines? If so what brand? one of the most famous desktop boards for pentium 3 slot cpus was the asus p3b-f. it can handle 4 dimms with a total capacity of 1gb (lucky me had such a machine in 2000/2001. :). Regards, Daniel -- Address:Daniel

Re: P3 capabilities (was dselect memory use)

2007-02-13 Thread Evgeni Golov
On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:09:48 +0100 Daniel Baumann wrote: Russell Coker wrote: Were they desktop machines? If so what brand? one of the most famous desktop boards for pentium 3 slot cpus was the asus p3b-f. it can handle 4 dimms with a total capacity of 1gb (lucky me had such a machine in