> >> QDI 100Mhz + P2 400 good enough ? how many AI cars at 640x480 wuth
> 36fps?
> Well, if you're feeling brave (and quick with your credit card) get a
> Celeron 300A and an Abit BH6 or BX6 motherboard...around 95-98% will
> overclock to 450 MHz or even faster..running one with a Stealth II S220 4MB,
> it NEVER drops below 30fps
> >> my memory doest supports 100mhz ... will it work ok with a QDI 100 Mhz
> >> motherboard ?
> >As far as I'm aware, yes. It may slow things down a bit, but it'll save
> >you having to buy new memory in the short term.
> Actually, it probably WONT. It might, but it won't slow things down. It
> probably won't even boot at 400MHz (if you are using a PII and not a
> Celeron). You see, the 233 uses a 66MHz bus speed for all of the
> motherboard and memory (not the PCI/ISA cards though...they run slower).
> So, you can get by with cheap RAM. But, if you use a PII 400 (or a Celeron
> Celeron 400s, however, use a 66MHz bus speed, which is part of why they are
> slower/cheaper. So, if you use a PII350 or up, or overclock a 300a, make
> sure you get some 'PC100' RAM.
Good point. However, under the original BIOS, I couldn't use the 100MHz
bus speed, so I was *under-clocking* my PII/400 (it was running at 266,
ie. 66MHz bus speed x 4 instead of 100Mhz b/s x 4) until I flashed the
BIOS. So yes, you *could* use the 66MHz RAM, and it *would* slow down
the machine, but it's pretty damn pointless buying a 100Mhz bus CPU.
Might as well get a Celery... 8)
--
Paul
Soon to be VROCing around the Clock... 8)