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Date:      10 Jun 1999 09:38:37 +0300
From:      "Andrij Korud" <akorud@polynet.lviv.ua>
To:        freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: P-II vs K6-2
Message-ID:  <NCBBINEHHJGEONJEMFOIKEGDCGAA.akorud@polynet.lviv.ua>
In-Reply-To: <199906100224.TAA05830@george.lbl.gov>

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>
> > As for your lack of luck getting Celerons to 100MHz bus speeds,
> what speed
> > chips have you been trying to overclock?  I ask because the average
> > capability of the Mendocino core (although ever changing) seems to be
> > around 450-500MHz.  Some are better or worse, but because of this many
> > 333MHz and up Celerons won't hit 100MHz bus because their core
> can't take
> > it.  300A's are the natural choice, as their fixed 4.5x multiplier on a
> > 100MHz bus gives a core speed that is obtainable by the
> majority of chips
> > (450MHz).
>
> Notice that ALL K6-II/III and P-II/III are at fixed bus multiplexer.
> Only overclock is to over clock the bus speed.
>
This is true only for boxed PII. I have K6-II 200 (66x3) and on ACorp
maotherboard it runs at 300 (100x3), 350 (100x3.5), and even on 400 (100x4).
On all frequencies it runs very well, FreeBSD's make world runs without
problem.



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