thought i would put together a CeleRon FAQ.
I upgraded to a CeleRon 266 original with no level2 cache in
June and have been running it at 4 x 112 Mhz 448 Mhz
ever since with rock solid results.
My system specs:
CeleRon 266 SL2QG 4 x 112 Mhz 448 Mhz
Abit BX Mobo Latest BIOS EG
LGS PC 100 7J SDRAM 128 Meg works at CAS 2 or 3 up to 124Mhz
Diamond Stealth 220 4 meg 61Mhz [default 55Mhz] 1.36 BIOS
Voodoo1 4 meg 57 mhz [default 50 Mhz]
32X Cd Rom
SoundBlaster 16
GP1 wheel...no pedals
GPL in practice/training mode stays on 36 fps locked with Stealth 220
on all curcuits at 640 x 480.In race with 19AI at back of grid frame rate
drops about10 fps for 1/4 lap then back to 36 fps solid.
I turn off the Anti-Aliasing on Stealth220 for a much clearer view
otherwise all graphics are on to the max.
Voodoo1 is about 5 fps slower.
Not bad for a usd 75- CPU.
The newer celeRon 300A with 128 Kb full CPU speed level2 cache would be
better, but the best i've heard is to get a .25 micron P2 300 serial
SL2YK [retail] SL2W8 [OEM] and run at 4.5 x 112 504 Mhz as these
CPU's are original P2 450 thrown out by Intel as P2 300 due to market
demands; these are multiplier locked at 4.5.
Abit BX BH page has all the info.
GP2 has a new lease of life with this CeleRon as i can race nearly all
circuits in FULL DETAIL at 25.6 FPS.
It's a real joy to see GP2 run like a Greyhound.
Here are some sites on net for CeleRon :
CeleRon FAQ http://www.racesimcentral.net/
Best place to start.
Abit BX BH site http://www.racesimcentral.net/
Best place for overclocking FAQ...this is a kick ass site!
CeleRon with a twist http://www.racesimcentral.net/
Benchmarks http://www.racesimcentral.net/
Grand Daddy of hardware sites
Run Dual CeleRon on Win NT http://www.racesimcentral.net/
Mobo temp monitor http://www.racesimcentral.net/
Also contains CPU idle which lowers CPU temp
Newsgroups alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit
alt.comp.hardware.overclocking
"Life begins at 250Kmh and 450 Mhz"
Cheers