To know if you system is able to run with a 133mhz bus you will need to know
what type of mother board you have. If you bought your system off the shelf
from a major manufacturer I would wager it wont work. In fact, don't be 100%
sure that the 700 is supported either just because the fsb is the same.
If you built your system I would suggest visiting the website for your
motherboard manufacturer. They should have bios updates and info on what
cpus are supported. If you, more than likely, have a BX motherboard...then
you may have additional problems as the PCI bus does not have a 1/4
multiplier so this means to run your fsb at 133 also runs your PCI cards
faster than some support. Your RAM, if PC 100, may also have problems
running at the faster bus speed.
All in all the key will be to visit the web site of your computer or
motherboard manufacturer - they should have all the info you need.
One final note. The philosophy of 'waiting for the next best thing' (ie V5
or N15)does not apply itself well to computer technology....if you need
something buy it now...realize the price will immediately drop the next week
and someone will come out with something better two weeks later...haven't
you seen the Gateway commercial?
Aaron Markham *Kart44* <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Guys,
I currently have a PII 400 with 192MB of SDRAM and 100MHz speed bus.
I need to upgrade my processor and was looking at the PIII 700 because
it uses the 100MHz speed bus that I currently have. I was wondering if a
PIII 800 that uses 133MHz bus would work on my current computer?? I
don't won't to invest in a new computer because it's too expensive and
everything else on my computer is fine except for the processor and bus.
Also, I'm going to have to upgrade my 12MB Voodoo2 card. What card
should I invest in?? A GeForce 256 DDR or wait for the new Voodoo's??
Please help!!!
Thanks,
Aaron Markham *Kart44*
*Talladega Tournament 2000 Champion*
