As many people are thinking of upgrading their systems for GPL i
thought i would put together a CeleRon FAQ.
I upgraded to a CeleRon 266 original with no level2 cache in
June and have been running it at 4 x 112 Mhz 448 Mhz
ever since with rock solid results.
My system specs:
CeleRon 266 SL2QG 4 x 112 Mhz 448 Mhz
Abit BX Mobo Latest BIOS EG
LGS PC 100 7J SDRAM 128 Meg works at CAS 2 or 3 up to 124Mhz
Diamond Stealth 220 4 meg 61Mhz [default 55Mhz] 1.36 BIOS
Voodoo1 4 meg 57 mhz [default 50 Mhz]
32X Cd Rom
SoundBlaster 16
GP1 wheel...no pedals
GPL in practice/training mode stays on 36 fps locked with Stealth 220
on all curcuits at 640 x 480.In race with 19AI at back of grid frame rate
drops about10 fps for 1/4 lap then back to 36 fps solid.
I turn off the Anti-Aliasing on Stealth220 for a much clearer view
otherwise all graphics are on to the max.
Voodoo1 is about 5 fps slower.
Not bad for a usd 75- CPU.
The newer celeRon 300A with 128 Kb full CPU speed level2 cache would be
better, but the best i've heard is to get a .25 micron P2 300 serial
SL2YK [retail] SL2W8 [OEM] and run at 4.5 x 112 504 Mhz as these
CPU's are original P2 450 thrown out by Intel as P2 300 due to market
demands; these are multiplier locked at 4.5.
Abit BX BH page has all the info.
GP2 has a new lease of life with this CeleRon as i can race nearly all
circuits in FULL DETAIL at 25.6 FPS.
It's a real joy to see GP2 run like a Greyhound.
Here are some sites on net for CeleRon :
CeleRon FAQ [link lost in import]
Best place to start.
Abit BX BH site [link lost in import]
Best place for overclocking FAQ...this is a kick ass site!
CeleRon with a twist [link lost in import]
Benchmarks [link lost in import]
Grand Daddy of hardware sites
Run Dual CeleRon on Win NT [link lost in import]
Mobo temp monitor [link lost in import]
Also contains CPU idle which lowers CPU temp
Newsgroups alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit
alt.comp.hardware.overclocking
"Life begins at 250Kmh and 450 Mhz"
Cheers
Excellent info... but based on the difficulty in getting exact spec
parts (such as the SL2QG C266, which I think has dried up in the
supply pipeline), plus the benchmark indications that the new Riva TNT
video chipsets like a little L2 cache, I'd advise most people to grit
thier teeth and fork up the $170 or so for a Celeron 300A.
Mine runs just fine at 450 (100x4.5), and my old 10ns SDRAM tolerates
the 100MHz FSB. Good balance for my particular situation... I paid a
bit more for the CPU but was able to use my old-ish 64MB SDRAM, plus
the hardware folks tell me my CL Riva TNT will like the cache.
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As many people are thinking of upgrading their systems for GPL i
thought i would put together a CeleRon FAQ.
I upgraded to a CeleRon 266 original with no level2 cache in
June and have been running it at 4 x 112 Mhz 448 Mhz
ever since with rock solid results.
My system specs:
CeleRon 266 SL2QG 4 x 112 Mhz 448 Mhz
Abit BX Mobo Latest BIOS EG
LGS PC 100 7J SDRAM 128 Meg works at CAS 2 or 3 up to 124Mhz
Diamond Stealth 220 4 meg 61Mhz [default 55Mhz] 1.36 BIOS
Voodoo1 4 meg 57 mhz [default 50 Mhz]
32X Cd Rom
SoundBlaster 16
GP1 wheel...no pedals
GPL in practice/training mode stays on 36 fps locked with Stealth 220
on all curcuits at 640 x 480.In race with 19AI at back of grid frame rate
drops about10 fps for 1/4 lap then back to 36 fps solid.
I turn off the Anti-Aliasing on Stealth220 for a much clearer view
otherwise all graphics are on to the max.
Voodoo1 is about 5 fps slower.
Not bad for a usd 75- CPU.
The newer celeRon 300A with 128 Kb full CPU speed level2 cache would be
better, but the best i've heard is to get a .25 micron P2 300 serial
SL2YK [retail] SL2W8 [OEM] and run at 4.5 x 112 504 Mhz as these
CPU's are original P2 450 thrown out by Intel as P2 300 due to market
demands; these are multiplier locked at 4.5.
Abit BX BH page has all the info.
GP2 has a new lease of life with this CeleRon as i can race nearly all
circuits in FULL DETAIL at 25.6 FPS.
It's a real joy to see GP2 run like a Greyhound.
Here are some sites on net for CeleRon :
CeleRon FAQ http://www.upgradecenter.net/FAQs/celeronfaq.shtml
Best place to start.
Abit BX BH site http://bxboards.pair.com
Best place for overclocking FAQ...this is a kick ass site!
CeleRon with a twist http://www.kylebennett.com/ocp.htm
Benchmarks http://www.tomshardware.com
Grand Daddy of hardware sites
Run Dual CeleRon on Win NT http://www.cpu-central.com/dualceleron
Mobo temp monitor http://www.euronet.nl/users/darkside/mbmonitor
Also contains CPU idle which lowers CPU temp
Newsgroups alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit
alt.comp.hardware.overclocking
"Life begins at 250Kmh and 450 Mhz"
Cheers
>Anyone cared to show me how to overclock my C266?
Depends on what mobo you have. Basically you need to set the bus
speed to 100MHz instead of it's current (I gather) 66MHz. This may
impact other system devices, however (PCI and AGP busses, plus
memory). Info on this should be in your mobo manual. If you have an
LX mobo, I think you're hosed (it might let you do a 75MHz bus,
however). Browse thru tomshardware.com for excruciating detail <g>.
Rgds,
Mark
