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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!newspump.sol.net!howland.erols.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!uunet!news-in2.uu.net!ott.istar!istar.net!tor.istar!east.istar!news.inforamp.net!news From: dougc@inforamp.net (Doug Carroll) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: PPro 256K L2 cache and memory > 64M Date: 18 Oct 1996 20:30:53 GMT Organization: Sector Publications Inc Lines: 5 Message-ID: <548pdt$qu5@news.inforamp.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ts39-05.tor.istar.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.7 I'm wondering if the PPro cache will operate for memory > 64Meg. 256K seems like a small cache for, say, 128Meg. Will the PPro tag and cache all 128M? If not, adding memory above some max value would decrease system performance. Does anyone have experience with this?