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>> (How can I tell which chip set I have? Is
>>there a report I could run which would tell me?)
the way I checked was to read the numbers on the chips. You may find that
the chip set is listed in the BIOS. On my motherboard there is a section
called chip set options that also includes the chip set name. You may even
find that it is part of the splash screen on start up.
You probably need to check the various names of the chip sets. I *think*
the vx, tx, hx are 80430vx, 80430tx, 80430hx. But they are also referred
to as Triton ii [hx] and Triton iii [tx].
There are also chip sets from other manufacturers. AMD are re badging some
VIA chip sets. VIA are producing chip sets such as the vp range and I hear
about at least two other manufacturers that Slip my mind at present.
I am at present swinging away from the idea that this is a big issue for
voice recognition. Computer performance is never a matter stating a fact
that is always true. The reason that there is a performance hit with the
vx and tx chip sets when more than 64MB are installed is because windows 95
installs from the top of the memory down. This means that the performance
hit is dependent on the amount of comparative work that is done in windows
95. This is why the reported performance hit ranges between 5 and 20
percent. It depends on what was being done on the machine during the
measurement. The real question that we have to ask is whether the slightly
slower performance from the windows sub system is more of an impact than
the faster response from the voice recognition software due to the
increased memory.
Bottom line is ignore the question of chip sets. Try your voice
recognition software for a while with the additional memory installed. Try
it again with it not installed. If you can't feel a difference then leave
the memory installed because you may need it one day.
Cheers Paul Chubb
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