GARTAddressingLimits

Some GARTs may have addressing limits which can't cover all of the physical addresses which may be available to the CPU. This is an attempt to categorize chipsets.

The maximum memory is how much you can slot in. The memory controller address limit is how much address space the northbridge is decoding. So, 4 GB of address space with 4 GB slotted in will result in less than 4 GB of RAM available to the OS because a chunk of address space gets reserved for the PCI and miscellaneous apertures. The GART address limit is how much of the MC address space the GART can map to. Status is whether we need to worry about GART addressing as a result.

manufacturer

chipset name

maximum memory

MC address limit

GART address limit

status

AMD

751

768MB

??

??

good

AMD

761

2GB

??

4GB

good

AMD

762

4GB

4GB

4GB

good

AMD

amd64 processor

??

??

1024GB

good

Intel

830M/MG/MP

1GB

4GB

good

Intel

845G/GL

2GB

4GB

good

Intel

855GM/GME

2GB

4GB

good

Intel

865G/GV

4GB

4GB

4GB

good

Intel

915G/GV/GL/P/PL/GL

4GB

4GB

4GB

good

Intel

915GM

2GB

4GB

4GB

good

Intel

945GM

4GB

4GB

4GB

good

Intel

G33

8GB

64GB

64GB

good

Intel

G35

8GB

64GB

64GB

good

Intel

G965

??

64GB

64GB

good

SiS

630/730

1.5GB

??

4GB

good

VIA

PLE133

1.5GB

??

??

good

VIA

P4M400

2GB

??

??

??

VIA

KM266

4GB

??

??

??

Note: VIA's specs webpages don't agree with their product comparisons on maximum memory sizes around the PM800 series.

manufacturer

graphics chipset

GART address limit

ATI

Rage 128

4GB

ATI

R100

4GB

ATI

R200

4GB