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GPL : P2 233 to P2 400 ?

McKafr

GPL : P2 233 to P2 400 ?

by McKafr » Fri, 12 Mar 1999 04:00:00

I ve a P2 233, I will upgrade to a P2 400

Voodoo2 + 128Mb SDRAM

how much will it increase the GPL fps ?

McKafre De La Rosa
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John Moor

GPL : P2 233 to P2 400 ?

by John Moor » Fri, 12 Mar 1999 04:00:00

My guess is right now you get mid 20's with some graphics and cars, but
crawls with all  cars and graphics on full. Well, crawl no more friend,
at 400 it will be pretty much 36+ when running with a full field and all
graphics. GPL really is great when driven this way.
You may want to check into overclocking and run 450 for under a $90!
JM

> I ve a P2 233, I will upgrade to a P2 400

> Voodoo2 + 128Mb SDRAM

> how much will it increase the GPL fps ?

> McKafre De La Rosa
> *** R E P S O L ***

Wosc

GPL : P2 233 to P2 400 ?

by Wosc » Fri, 12 Mar 1999 04:00:00

When I overclock my processor from 350 to 392, I get about an increase of
5-10 fps at the start of a race so you should see a big improvement.
Jesse

>I ve a P2 233, I will upgrade to a P2 400

>Voodoo2 + 128Mb SDRAM

>how much will it increase the GPL fps ?

>McKafre De La Rosa
>*** R E P S O L ***

Bria

GPL : P2 233 to P2 400 ?

by Bria » Fri, 12 Mar 1999 04:00:00

I have a Dell XPS PII 266 that I've overclocked to 300 (changed clock
multiplier).  I don't think it's worth changing the motherboard and getting
100MHz RAM to overclock a Celeron 300A to 450 (these things cost a lot more
in Canada).

However, since non-overclocked Celerons run with a FSB of 66MHz, is it
possible to just swap the CPU for a new Slot 1 Celeron 433?  Would a BIOS
update for the motherboard be required?  It's a Dell with an Intel
motherboard (82440FX chipset).

Thanks in advance,
Brian


>I ve a P2 233, I will upgrade to a P2 400

>Voodoo2 + 128Mb SDRAM

>how much will it increase the GPL fps ?

ymenar

GPL : P2 233 to P2 400 ?

by ymenar » Fri, 12 Mar 1999 04:00:00

Brian wrote

Sorry to ask this but... as we have the same computer (XPS D266), and from
Canada also, did you just overclocked it by changing the speed of the CPU in
the bios ? I read the manual and there's no jumper on the board to do so,
except the "different Bios menu" one.

So you just put the "Processor speed" to 300 ?

My PC is cooled enough so that it won't over-heat if it's that easy.

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Bria

GPL : P2 233 to P2 400 ?

by Bria » Sat, 13 Mar 1999 04:00:00

Hi Francois,
I have the XPS H266 - it preceded the D series by a couple of months.
Actually, before I took delivery, it was already superceded by the D266 and
D300.  The H266 doesn't have an AGP port and uses the 440FX motherboard
chipset and jumpers - the D266 uses the LX chipset.

To change the processor speed, I changed the clock multiplier from 4 to 4.5
by moving one jumper (4x 66MHz = 266, 4.5x 66MHz = 300).  When booting, it
comes up as a "XPS H300" - Dell never actually made a H300!

If you can set the processor speed of your D266 from the BIOS setup screen,
it's likely to work - back then, PII's were not clock-multiplier locked.

I got about a 10% increase if framerate with GPL (that's with a Voodoo2).

Brian


>Brian wrote
>>I have a Dell XPS PII 266 that I've overclocked to 300 (changed clock
>>multiplier).  I don't think it's worth changing the motherboard and
getting
>>100MHz RAM to overclock a Celeron 300A to 450 (these things cost a lot
more
>>in Canada).

>Sorry to ask this but... as we have the same computer (XPS D266), and from
>Canada also, did you just overclocked it by changing the speed of the CPU
in
>the bios ? I read the manual and there's no jumper on the board to do so,
>except the "different Bios menu" one.

>So you just put the "Processor speed" to 300 ?

>My PC is cooled enough so that it won't over-heat if it's that easy.

Don Burnett

GPL : P2 233 to P2 400 ?

by Don Burnett » Sat, 13 Mar 1999 04:00:00

You'd be suprised what a good Celeron 300A running at 450 mhz will do for
you.
I have been most pleased with mine.

--
Don Burnette
Palmetto Racing
Dburn on Ten


>I have a Dell XPS PII 266 that I've overclocked to 300 (changed clock
>multiplier).  I don't think it's worth changing the motherboard and getting
>100MHz RAM to overclock a Celeron 300A to 450 (these things cost a lot more
>in Canada).

ymenar

GPL : P2 233 to P2 400 ?

by ymenar » Sat, 13 Mar 1999 04:00:00

Brian wrote

Oh I bought my PC before Christmas, I won't do that error again (prices fall
much faster in January).  My Board didn't had any multiplier, so I was
wondering if it was possible to do so via the Bios.  Thanks for the info ;-)

-= Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard/Nas-Frank>
-= NROS Nascar sanctioned Guide http://www.nros.com/
-= SimRacing Online http://www.simracing.com/
-= Official mentally retarded guy of r.a.s.
-= May the Downforce be with you...

"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise
how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."

John M Robert

GPL : P2 233 to P2 400 ?

by John M Robert » Tue, 16 Mar 1999 04:00:00

Unlikely, unless Dell have a BIOS upgrade so it actually recognises the Celeron
CPU. The board you have pre-dates the celeron by a good few months at least.


> I have a Dell XPS PII 266 that I've overclocked to 300 (changed clock
> multiplier).  I don't think it's worth changing the motherboard and getting
> 100MHz RAM to overclock a Celeron 300A to 450 (these things cost a lot more
> in Canada).

> However, since non-overclocked Celerons run with a FSB of 66MHz, is it
> possible to just swap the CPU for a new Slot 1 Celeron 433?  Would a BIOS
> update for the motherboard be required?  It's a Dell with an Intel
> motherboard (82440FX chipset).

> Thanks in advance,
> Brian


> >I ve a P2 233, I will upgrade to a P2 400

> >Voodoo2 + 128Mb SDRAM

> >how much will it increase the GPL fps ?

--
Regards
John Roberts



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