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From: Jeff Male <jjm@one.net.au>
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DO GET THE PII450 AND NOT THE CELERON 300
the celeron does not have the on chip cache which is a must for games.
The PII450 and a BX motherboard has a 100mhz bus the 300 has only a 66mhz bus
unless you overclock it.

Everthing you ever wanted to know about hardware overclocking etc is at
http://www.tomshardware.com/

PETER wrote:

> Say I had decided to upgrade my pc and I will be playing mainly GPL and
> F1rs/MGP.A P450 is in my price range. So is a Voodoo2. Question is , do I
> go with that , or should I go for the Celeron 300 (I think ) and the
> Thriller 8mb card. Please remember some of us are not clued up on these
> issues . In fact I had'nt heard of the Celeron 'till I read about it on
> this newsgroup (especially the overclocking bit). I'd really appreciate the
> advice before shelling out my well earnt money!
> Thanks in advance, Pete.



