New CPU advice needed

Another tech question for you guys- I'm looking to buy a new MB and CPU since my O/Ced 166 isn't cutting it anymore. Problem is, I'm on a fairly tight budget, and a PII is pretty much out of reach. I can get a good deal on an FIC MB and an AMD K6-300 w/ 3dNow. Question is, will this CPU be compatible with GPL, N2, and the like? I can get a 233 Intel for about the same price, but would like the 300. Any help is appreciated. -- Scott Moore Hoosier MotorSports [link lost in import] Sports *** Network [link lost in import: /***.com]

Have you considered the new Celeron 300A overclocked to 450MHz on a Abit BH6 motherboard. It is running at the speed of a PentiumII 450 at a much lower price. I'm gettting one myself in a few days. Review here: [link lost in import] -Jan Otto Another tech question for you guys- I'm looking to buy a new MB and CPU since my O/Ced 166 isn't cutting it anymore. Problem is, I'm on a fairly tight budget, and a PII is pretty much out of reach. I can get a good deal on an FIC MB and an AMD K6-300 w/ 3dNow. Question is, will this CPU be compatible with GPL, N2, and the like? I can get a 233 Intel for about the same price, but would like the 300. Any help is appreciated. -- Scott Moore Hoosier MotorSports [link lost in import] Sports *** Network [link lost in import: /***.com]

What, precisely, is the difference between a Celeron and a PII? -- Scott Moore Hoosier MotorSports [link lost in import] Sports *** Network [link lost in import: /***.com] Have you considered the new Celeron 300A overclocked to 450MHz on a Abit BH6 motherboard. It is running at the speed of a PentiumII 450 at a much lower price. I'm gettting one myself in a few days. Review here: [link lost in import] -Jan Otto Another tech question for you guys- I'm looking to buy a new MB and CPU since my O/Ced 166 isn't cutting it anymore. Problem is, I'm on a fairly tight budget, and a PII is pretty much out of reach. I can get a good deal on an FIC MB and an AMD K6-300 w/ 3dNow. Question is, will this CPU be compatible with GPL, N2, and the like? I can get a 233 Intel for about the same price, but would like the 300. Any help is appreciated. -- Scott Moore Hoosier MotorSports [link lost in import] Sports *** Network [link lost in import: /***.com]

> What, precisely, is the difference between a Celeron and a PII? The first generation of Celeron is a PII with no on-board cache. Their performance was good but not quite the PII level. The second generation (Mendecino?) have on-chip cache. The cache is half the size of PII but it is on-chip so it runs at twice the speed of a PII's. Their performance is equal to a PII at same speed. First generation Celeron: 266, 300 Second: 300A, 333 For more info and confirmation of what's written here (never believe ANYTHING you read on a newsgroup, even if YOU wrote it) try these websites: www.tomshardware.com www.cpumadness.com www.anandtech.com www.cyrellis.com Cyrellis just published a great article on the Celeron 300A

Have you considered the new Celeron 300A overclocked to 450MHz on a Abit BH6 motherboard. It is running at the speed of a PentiumII 450 at a much lower price. I'm gettting one myself in a few days. Hey ! Sure it is a great choice ! I recomend the same thing to ANYONE who wants to enjoy GPL ! Tilus

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>For more info and confirmation of what's written here (never > believe ANYTHING you read on a newsgroup, even if YOU > wrote it) try these websites: >www.tomshardware.com >www.cpumadness.com >www.anandtech.com >www.cyrellis.com

If I can't believe anything I read, how do you expect me to believe that these websites will do me any good at all???? - Mike. PS - For those who need it: :-) :-) :-) :-) ============================================ Mike Holthouse - Indianapolis, IN Drop the "X" to e-mail me. ============================================

Definitely the Celeron 300 with Epox BXA motherboard works great. The only problem is there is no warranty for such a combination but it works great running at the 100mhz bus to achieve 450mhz. -- Rory S. Brown Canadian Distributor for Hyper Stimulator "The World's Best Racing Car Simulators" Visit www.directcomputers.com & www.hyperstim.com Home Designed Computers by Rory "Custom Computers for your needs!" Visit www.directcomputers.com Unit 7 - 9947 - 151 Street Surrey, BC Canada V3R 9A1 Phone 604-585-7775 or 604-671-5997 Fax 604-930-9983 Member of the Better Business Bureau Official Supplier of Computers & Hyper Stimulators to the Players Racing Team Simulator Challenge Tour Visit www.players-racing.com Another tech question for you guys- I'm looking to buy a new MB and CPU since my O/Ced 166 isn't cutting it anymore. Problem is, I'm on a fairly tight budget, and a PII is pretty much out of reach. I can get a good deal on an FIC MB and an AMD K6-300 w/ 3dNow. Question is, will this CPU be compatible with GPL, N2, and the like? I can get a 233 Intel for about the same price, but would like the 300. Any help is appreciated. -- Scott Moore Hoosier MotorSports [link lost in import] Sports *** Network [link lost in import: /***.com]

If the 300A works at 300 MHz when I get it, I will overclock it to 450 MHz, and take the risk. My impression is that very few peocessors from Intel breaks down. It will probably be dragged to the recycle bin in a couple of years for an early retirement anyway :-) -Jan Otto Definitely the Celeron 300 with Epox BXA motherboard works great. The only problem is there is no warranty for such a combination but it works great running at the 100mhz bus to achieve 450mhz.