>> I would make two suggestions:
>> 1. Use an 8 mb Hercules Thriller instead of the Stealth II. The extra
>> memory in the Thriller makes a *big* difference in frame rate in GPL.
>> 2. Consider a Celeron instead of the PII-233, if/when you can afford it.
>> Celerons are reputed to be much more tolerant of overclocking than
>> standard PII's.
> Make that a Celery "A". There is a significant improvement at the same clock speed
> between a celery without L2 and the "A" with it's 128k on die (and at full cpu
> speed) L2 cache.
I agree in principle, but just to make sure that a potential buyer
doesn't get confused:
Celeron 300 no L2 cache
Celeron 300A 128k L2 cache
Celeron 333 128k L2 cache
The 333MHz chip doesn't have the "A" in the name, and yet has the L2
cache. The chip to buy for overclocking purposes would be the 300A,
anyway, not the 333, since the 333 would have to run at 500MHz with a
100MHz front side bus.
What do you mean by "fully tested"? From the reports I read, it seems
to work great at 450MHz, usually, but I'm still not convinced that
overclocking a chip at a rate of 50% will be good for it in the long
run (by long, I mean "more than 6 months"). I'm not so much concerned
about the CPU - the Mendocino is one of the latest designs and Intel,
like them or not, have a pretty good and consistent quality in their
fabs - but 450MHz is *a lot* of speed for a L2 cache.
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