Pentium OverDrives

I have a P90 and am thinking about, in the near future, getting a 150mhz OD processor for it. Anyone here used one of the new Pentium OD's yet? If so, what improvements in game play quality were noticed (if any) on SVGA games (NFS, NASCAR Racing, WC, ICR2, etc.). Thanks ahead of time... Nick _________________________________________________________________ #6 & #94 in the *real* quest for the Cup!!! My home away from home... http://users.aol.com/ntotoro/122895.htm _________________________________________________________________

Nick, I'm thinking about the same thing. The OD for the P75/90's are not due out till May. (I think) While the 60/66's have been out for a month or so now. Last price I saw was $499, which is sorta steep for an OD chip. (IMO) We might be better off getting a new MB, with a 166 on it. Suggestions anyone? -- Andy http://www.westol.com/~ridger Kali/Nascar/Win95

>On Sunday, April 28, 1996, Nick Totoro wrote... >> I have a P90 and am thinking about, in the near future, getting a >> 150mhz OD processor for it. Anyone here used one of the new Pentium OD's >> yet? If so, what improvements in game play quality were noticed (if any)

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>> on SVGA games (NFS, NASCAR Racing, WC, ICR2, etc.). Thanks ahead of >> time... >> Nick >Nick, >I'm thinking about the same thing. The OD for the P75/90's are not due >out till May. (I think) While the 60/66's have been out for a month

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>so now. Last price I saw was $499, which is sorta steep for an OD chip. >(IMO) We might be better off getting a new MB, with a 166 on it. >Suggestions anyone? >-- >Andy >http://www.westol.com/~ridger >Kali/Nascar/Win95

FWIW, I have a P60 w/ 16mg RAM which I just upgraded with the P120 Overdrive chip last weekend. Been very happy with the results and am now able to run with almost all graphics in SVGA mode. Suggested price for the 120/133 OD chip is $399.00. - Brent

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> On Sunday, April 28, 1996, Nick Totoro wrote... > > I have a P90 and am thinking about, in the near future, getting a > > 150mhz OD processor for it. Anyone here used one of the new Pentium OD's > > yet? If so, what improvements in game play quality were noticed (if any) > > on SVGA games (NFS, NASCAR Racing, WC, ICR2, etc.). Thanks ahead of > > time... > > Nick > Nick, > I'm thinking about the same thing. The OD for the P75/90's are not due > out till May. (I think) While the 60/66's have been out for a month or > so now. Last price I saw was $499, which is sorta steep for an OD chip. > (IMO) We might be better off getting a new MB, with a 166 on it. > Suggestions anyone? > -- > Andy > http://www.westol.com/~ridger > Kali/Nascar/Win95

The PODP 125 for the P/75 is out now. Best price I've seen is from Gateway 2000 for $370. I'm ordering mine Monday!!!

I don't think so.... The OD for a 75 supposedly takes it to 120 mhz, for $400, but in reality, the tests showed only a 10% speed improvement. seesm like a waste of money to mew, you can probably get a 120 motherboard for that price or barely more. Check out last months Pc magazine, or Pc world....

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>>On Sunday, April 28, 1996, Nick Totoro wrote... >>> I have a P90 and am thinking about, in the near future, getting a >>> 150mhz OD processor for it. Anyone here used one of the new Pentium >OD's >>> yet? If so, what improvements in game play quality were noticed (if >any) >>> on SVGA games (NFS, NASCAR Racing, WC, ICR2, etc.). Thanks ahead of >>> time... >>> Nick >>Nick, >>I'm thinking about the same thing. The OD for the P75/90's are not due >>out till May. (I think) While the 60/66's have been out for a month >or >>so now. Last price I saw was $499, which is sorta steep for an OD chip. >>(IMO) We might be better off getting a new MB, with a 166 on it. >>Suggestions anyone?

Yes that would be a good choice, go for the gold the price is still $800. for MB and CPU! Or you can buy the Pro series 200 if you save your pennies there $$$$$ in the price range. I see it like this you buy a machine and in a few years your already out dated, go for the top computer that way you'll be ahead of the others and you'll be happy. Tony You could have bought a 120 MB & CPU for $350.00 and that will play all the graphics and a full field in SVGA. Always a true Pentium is always going to beat an overdrive processor! Speaking from experience I've been there done it!!

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>> >I'm thinking about the same thing. The OD for the P75/90's are not due >> >out till May. (I think) While the 60/66's have been out for a month >> or >> >so now. Last price I saw was $499, which is sorta steep for an OD chip. >> >(IMO) We might be better off getting a new MB, with a 166 on it. >> >Suggestions anyone? >I don't think so.... The OD for a 75 supposedly takes it to 120 mhz, for >$400, but in reality, the tests showed only a 10% speed improvement. seesm >like a waste of money to mew, you can probably get a 120 motherboard for >that price or barely more. Check out last months Pc magazine, or Pc >world....

Check out this months Computer Shopper the 120 MB with Intel CPU for $350 and in some places less than that!!! The prices are dropping due to the fact that Cyrix came out with there new chip! Another month the prices will fall again.

<<Yes that would be a good choice, go for the gold the price is still $800. for MB and CPU! Or you can buy the Pro series 200 if you save your pennies there $$$$$ in the price range. I see it like this you buy a machine and in a few years your already out dated, go for the top computer that way you'll be ahead of the others and you'll be happy.>> There's also another cost factor... memory. I have a P90 with 32mb of RAM. Until the day comes when I need a new machine, I don't want to have to replace the motherboard with a P6 and go through the additional cost of replacing the memory. That is one of the biggest reasons why the Pentium upgrade will suit me better. Anyone have any idea how much 32mb of RAM costs to replace? Nick _________________________________________________________________ #6 & #94 in the *real* quest for the Cup!!! My home away from home... http://users.aol.com/ntotoro/122895.htm _________________________________________________________________

> There's also another cost factor... memory. I have a P90 with 32mb > of RAM. Until the day comes when I need a new machine, I don't want to > have to replace the motherboard with a P6 and go through the additional > cost of replacing the memory. That is one of the biggest reasons why the > Pentium upgrade will suit me better. Anyone have any idea how much 32mb > of RAM costs to replace? Right now, Memory is going for about $10 a meg and still dropping. I just upgraded from 16 to 32 megs for about $160. So if you bought it today, you're looking at $320 to replace the 32 megs. -- Emory University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Nascar Setups Page: http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~ebusch/ Hawaii Network UserName: Buschwick (6)

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> <<Yes that would be a good choice, go for the gold the price is > still $800. for MB and CPU! Or you can buy the Pro series 200 if you > save your pennies there $$$$$ in the price range. I see it like this you > buy a machine and in a few years your already out dated, go for the > top computer that way you'll be ahead of the others and you'll be > happy.>> > There's also another cost factor... memory. I have a P90 with 32mb > of RAM. Until the day comes when I need a new machine, I don't want to > have to replace the motherboard with a P6 and go through the additional > cost of replacing the memory. That is one of the biggest reasons why the > Pentium upgrade will suit me better. Anyone have any idea how much 32mb > of RAM costs to replace? > Nick > _________________________________________________________________ > #6 & #94 in the *real* quest for the Cup!!! > My home away from home... http://users.aol.com/ntotoro/122895.htm > _________________________________________________________________

More on the Pentium overdrive chips. I just installed the pentium 125 overdrive chip for my P75. Now I'm running a P125 with 16mg ram and a 2mg video card. I run all the time now in SVGA with everything on except for grass and asphalt and it's very smooth. For anyone wanting to increase your frame rates this will do it.