G'Day guys,
Just picked myself up a cheap 266 Celeron and assorted goodies such as
ABit BH6 moterboard, and will be clocking it to 400 (maybe 448) later
this week. How does GPL run with such a setup compared to the full
blown p2-400 systems?
I am going to be running a 12MB Voodoo II in conjunction with an 8MB
Intel i740 AGp card, and 64MB PC100 RAM.
Thanks
--
Nathan Wong http://www.nectar.com.au/~alfacors
- Super Touring - Alfa Romeo -
- V8Supercars - CART -
It runs very very well, I have almost the identical system P266Celeron
o'clocked to 112mhz on an Abit BX6. Works great even for hosting online
GPL sessions, with just tweaking a few of the graphics options. (When
hosting you have to try and maintain 36fps most of the time).
412mhz = 4 x 100 bus speed + turbo option.
I've even ran it at 448mhz by bumping up the voltage and it runs Win98 fine but
GPL freezes after about 10 minutes... I think maybe the voodoo2 overheats at
448mhz. I went back to 412mhz for now since it is rock stable for the last
3 months, eventually I might go through the trouble of getting 448 mhz stable.
You should run GPL just great, awesome performance from that Celery chip
for the $80 cost of the CPU.
Seeyas on the track.
--John (Joao) Silva
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>G'Day guys, >Just picked myself up a cheap 266 Celeron and assorted goodies such as >ABit BH6 moterboard, and will be clocking it to 400 (maybe 448) later >this week. How does GPL run with such a setup compared to the full >blown p2-400 systems? >I am going to be running a 12MB Voodoo II in conjunction with an 8MB >Intel i740 AGp card, and 64MB PC100 RAM. >Thanks >-- >Nathan Wong http://www.nectar.com.au/~alfacors > - Super Touring - Alfa Romeo - > - V8Supercars - CART -I have the exact same setup, Celeron at 448, and GPL flies with a 12 MB V2.
In a race I get around 24 fps at the start, and at the first turn the frame
rate is usually maxed out at 36. Being close behind 4-5 cars results in no
slowdown. You will love it. From what I hear, a Celeron 448 is about equal
to a PII-400 on most games.
