- Oct 31, 2004
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I am in the market for a new motherboard and have been burned twice in the past when it comes to a boards ability to manage RAM.
My first board was supposed to handle 128MB but after purchasing the RAM I found out it could only handle 64MB due to a chipset limitation. My second motherboard was supposed to handle 512MB of RAM but slows down with anything more than 256MB. I have been told but Crucial that this is due to the size (1MB) of the motherboards cache.
I see lots of new motherboards advertized with huge RAM capacities in the GB+ range but still with only 1Mb of onboard cache.
Needless to say I am more confused than ever. Can anyone shed some light on this. I'm getting tired of wasting my money on RAM modules I cannot use.
Thanks
My first board was supposed to handle 128MB but after purchasing the RAM I found out it could only handle 64MB due to a chipset limitation. My second motherboard was supposed to handle 512MB of RAM but slows down with anything more than 256MB. I have been told but Crucial that this is due to the size (1MB) of the motherboards cache.
I see lots of new motherboards advertized with huge RAM capacities in the GB+ range but still with only 1Mb of onboard cache.
Needless to say I am more confused than ever. Can anyone shed some light on this. I'm getting tired of wasting my money on RAM modules I cannot use.
Thanks