First of all Thanks for the replies. David Gillett wrote: > On 26 Feb 98 at 22:58, Rick Poepping wrote: > > > I'm getting ready to do various upgrades to my 586-p133 > > This is not a very clear designation; no CPU manufacturer really > uses "586" as a designation. [Some motherboard manufacturers use > this to identify motherboards designed for the Pentium (Socket 5 or > Socket 7). > > My first thought was that maybe you have a 5x86-133, which is an > AMD version of the 486 with a 4x clock multiplier. This is correct. I have an AMD 5x86-p133. Sorry for the confusion > > > > And what benefits and pitfalls are there to going beyond that > > amount (of RAM). > > A chipset limited to caching 64MB of main RAM faces a problem when > more is installed. One simple way out of the jam is to disable the > L2 cache entirely.... > > Is it your opinion that one would be better off disabling the L2 cache all together if you install more RAM than the chipset and L2 combination can handle? So I would assume thisa would mean you would get better performance by doing so (as opposed to leaving the L2 enabled but having more RAM than you can cache)? Rick