Re: EDO RAM

Nicholas J. Leon (lists-nicholas@binary9.net)
Thu, 14 Nov 1996 17:58:27 -0500 (EST)

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# > From: Derrik Pates <dpates@cavern.nmsu.edu>
# > I have my doubts about the ASuS boards. They are notorious for crippling
# > the memory bus on their Pentium boards down to 32 bits, instead of the
# > full 64. I don't know if that might cause problems with Linux, but I just
# > don't trust 'em.
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# That suprises me. I know some vendors ship boxes like that, but the ASUS
# boards I've seen and the board I have (ASUS P54PND) are some of the nicer
# boards. The P54PND isnt too fast nowdays being neptune based.

The ASUS P55T2P4 is the fastest Pentium mainboard around. It also is
the only one that supports a BUS speed of 75Mhz (and even unoffically
support 83Mhz) (rev 3 only).

I've always heard (and believe) that ASUS makes the best MB around today.

For lotsa information of Mainboards, check out Tom's Performance Guide
at http://sysdoc.pair.com

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# Alan
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