I'm thinking of going with the Cel 566 but the cost including the
Slotkey+Golden Orb would be more than the cost of Pentium3-550E ( slot 1 )
which can be o/c to 682 ( 124 x 5.5 ) and has benchmarked in Q3 and 3Dmark
similar to Cel 566@850. I'm still torn between the the two, though. BTW,
I'm currently running a system similar to yours.
"Don Burnette" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> I finally installed my new Celeron 566 with Golden Orb h/f and AbitSlotket
> !!! in my Abit BH6 yesterday, replacing my good ole trustworthy Celeron300a
> running at 464.
> It was really easy to do, and fairly quickly I had it up and running at850
> mhz. Not a bad deal for 140 bucks including shipping.
> Since getting back into F12000 with the 1.09 patch, this new chip hasreally
> helped my framerates there. However, even running at 850, the sim is stilla
> graphics hog. But it is a big help, and am really enjoying it more and
> more. Heck, I even one my first ai race at Monza last night :)
> Anyway, if your one of those like me that is running the old Abit /Celeron
> 300a combo, the new Celeron's at 566 and up are a nice inexpensiveupgrade,
Great minds think alike, I guess. I just upgraded to a Celeron 566 from a
Celeron 300a which was o/ced to 450 too. Also using an ABIT BH6.
It took me a few days to get it to run at 850 though. In fact, I just got it to
that sped this morning. Had to re-flash the BIOS at a higher default voltage in
order to get a higher range of voltages to choose from.
Mine's running at 1.85v now (to achieve 850). How about yours?
Bert
Don Burnette wrote:
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> I finally installed my new Celeron 566 with Golden Orb h/f and Abit Slotket > !!! in my Abit BH6 yesterday, replacing my good ole trustworthy Celeron 300a > running at 464. > It was really easy to do, and fairly quickly I had it up and running at 850 > mhz. Not a bad deal for 140 bucks including shipping. > Since getting back into F12000 with the 1.09 patch, this new chip has really > helped my framerates there. However, even running at 850, the sim is still a > graphics hog. But it is a big help, and am really enjoying it more and > more. Heck, I even one my first ai race at Monza last night :) > Anyway, if your one of those like me that is running the old Abit / Celeron > 300a combo, the new Celeron's at 566 and up are a nice inexpensive upgrade, > especially for cheap butts like me :) > > -- > Don Burnette > Dburn in N3 and Legends > ICQ# 74084566Getting your FSB to run at 124MHz stable is unlikely on a BX mobo. Very
good PC133 memory and a "lot of luck" and it may but the odds are against
it. Dont forget you will still need a fan/heatsink with the P3-550.
Not sure what benchmark you used but I have both a P3-700e@784 S1 (256K
cache) on a BX6 rev1 mobo and a Cel566@906 on a BE6-2 and all benchmarks I
ran saw better FPS with the celery/Be6 combo (although not by alot). But
more important than a benchmark I can tell the difference in the actual
games I play.
Mitch
"james/mike" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> I'm thinking of going with the Cel 566 but the cost including the
> Slotkey+Golden Orb would be more than the cost of Pentium3-550E ( slot 1 )
> which can be o/c to 682 ( 124 x 5.5 ) and has benchmarked in Q3 and3Dmark
still
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> similar to Cel 566@850. I'm still torn between the the two, though. BTW, > I'm currently running a system similar to yours. > > "Don Burnette" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:11vs5.16600$[email hidden]... > > I finally installed my new Celeron 566 with Golden Orb h/f and Abit > Slotket > > !!! in my Abit BH6 yesterday, replacing my good ole trustworthy Celeron > 300a > > running at 464. > > It was really easy to do, and fairly quickly I had it up and running at > 850 > > mhz. Not a bad deal for 140 bucks including shipping. > > Since getting back into F12000 with the 1.09 patch, this new chip has > really > > helped my framerates there. However, even running at 850, the sim isQuoted text (19 lines)
> a > > graphics hog. But it is a big help, and am really enjoying it more and > > more. Heck, I even one my first ai race at Monza last night :) > > Anyway, if your one of those like me that is running the old Abit / > Celeron > > 300a combo, the new Celeron's at 566 and up are a nice inexpensive > upgrade, > > especially for cheap butts like me :) > > > > -- > > Don Burnette > > Dburn in N3 and Legends > > ICQ# 74084566 > > > > > > > > >How can I overlock my CPU? how is it done?
Thanks
Steven
On 05 Sep 2000 06:43:38 GMT, [email hidden] (RCFUN2) wrote:
>How can I overlock my CPU? how is it done?
www.overclockers.com
Start reading. It is not for people who aren't hardware-savvy. Good
luck and take it in small steps.
~daxe
