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Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 20:36:00 +0000
From: John M Roberts <magic.boy@cwcom.net>
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Subject: Re: GPL : P2 233 to P2 400 ? (slightly OT)
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Unlikely, unless Dell have a BIOS upgrade so it actually recognises the Celeron
CPU. The board you have pre-dates the celeron by a good few months at least.

Brian wrote:

> I have a Dell XPS PII 266 that I've overclocked to 300 (changed clock
> multiplier).  I don't think it's worth changing the motherboard and getting
> 100MHz RAM to overclock a Celeron 300A to 450 (these things cost a lot more
> in Canada).
>
> However, since non-overclocked Celerons run with a FSB of 66MHz, is it
> possible to just swap the CPU for a new Slot 1 Celeron 433?  Would a BIOS
> update for the motherboard be required?  It's a Dell with an Intel
> motherboard (82440FX chipset).
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Brian
>
> McKafre wrote in message <7c8ca2$mj5$1@talia.mad.ttd.net>...
> >I ve a P2 233, I will upgrade to a P2 400
> >
> >Voodoo2 + 128Mb SDRAM
> >
> >how much will it increase the GPL fps ?
> >

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Regards
John Roberts

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