David H. Lipman wrote:

But it is relevant to the OPs query since going from 512MB to 1GB precludes those old
chip-sets.

Not, really, it just serves to illustrate that it's wrong to assume more ram is better, when it's may even be detrimental.

We haven't even touched ALi, VIA and other chip-sets.  But hey, Intel is the chip-set maker
for me anyway.  :-)

Dave

I only used Intel as I found their link quickly. I wouldn't touch Intel myself. I rather prefer my 100 minutes a workunit rate from my Athlon.