On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:51:40 +0100 Kelly Harding <kelly.hard...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/10/9 Dean Chester <dean.g.ches...@googlemail.com>: > > Hi > > I'm moving to a Macbook soon(staying with debian tho:p) and apple keep > > advertising that snow leopard can support 16 exobytes of RAM. Im just > > wondering how much can 64-bit debian support? > > Thanks in advance > > Dean > > > > In theory at least Debian will support the limits of the kernel > version it uses. So it is a bit subjective really. > > IIRC, only the latest X58 chipsets (for desktop consumer PCs) support > upto either 16Gb or 32Gb of RAM (forget which), > and the P3x chipsets only support upto 8Gb, with the P45 supporting > upto 16Gb. IIRC Intel laptop chipsets are derived from > their desktop counterparts to some extent. > I've seen machines going to the area of 160GB, not regular consumer ones though Nehalem usually has 6 slots (3 channels, 2 slots per channel) and if you put in 8gb sticks you can go up to 48gb on a run of the mill board Won't come cheap though ... especially since with so much memory you usually should opt for ecc http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Memory-DIMM-240-pin-registered/dp/B0028R3NC0/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=pc&qid=1255199747&sr=1-9 > Even though a motherboard can support upto 16Gb+ of ram, with most > only having 4 slots, it'd be rather difficult/expensive to fill it > so 8Gb is the realistic limit in terms of cost. > > Kelly > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
