Hey all,
A couple of years ago when I was building a 440BX system, a friend on mine who's very knowledgeable in such things told me that I could go up to 384MB of PC100 SDRAM and still keep 8ns access speed. But if I went over 384MB, the access speed drops to 60ns, even if they are all 8ns chips. The reasoning being that with that much RAM, the system takes a little longer accessing the memory.
Now was my friend incorrect? I've been trying to research this on the web to see if it's true or not, but I haven't discovered anything. The reason I'm asking is that I've got a chance to bump up to 512MB of RAM with my Dual 440BX board, but I don't want to do it if it means I take a speed hit on the access speed.
Thank you.