Re: GigaByte GA-586DX-512 Motherboard

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From
Gene W Homicki <gwh@spiders.com>
Date
12 Nov 1996 06:05:54
Subject
Re: GigaByte GA-586DX-512 Motherboard
Message-ID
199611121408.JAA12381@charlotte.spiders.com


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| The performance difference between PS/2 and EDO Ram's isn't so
| large, that it's worth the higher price. This was the case with
| single processor boards, and I think it's also true with mp boards.
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Actually, FPM RAM is slightly MORE expensive than EDO at the
moment. Parity RAM is defintely more expensive than both. Seems like
comapnies are producing a lot more EDO these days so prices have come
down. One good source for RAM is ChipMerchant:

http://www.thechipmerchant.com/

(Careful, the CPU prices are "cash only", bu the listed RAM prices are
Credit Card prices).

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| I'd buy PS/2 RAMS with 60ns and Parity (since most mp boards support
| parity checking - or am I wrong -) and would choose a 133 MHZ CPU,
| because then memory and bus bandwidth are higher ! 66MHz instead of
| 60 MHz.
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All the 430HX (Triton II) boards support parity (and ECC).
Most current (Pentium) baords are Triton-II, inclduing the Gigabyte
586DX-512.

--Gene


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