From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Jun 10 6:55:56 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mail.intercom.com (mail.intercom.com [206.98.165.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8380114E8E for ; Thu, 10 Jun 1999 06:55:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jason@intercom.com) Received: from mail.intercom.com (mail.intercom.com [206.98.165.10]) by mail.intercom.com (8.9.0/8.9.0) with ESMTP id JAA27970; Thu, 10 Jun 1999 09:55:24 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 09:55:23 -0400 (EDT) From: "Jason J. Horton" To: Tom Embt Cc: jin@george.lbl.gov, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: P-II vs K6-2 In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19990610002132.0097c14c@mail.embt.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > There is a degree of luck involved, but even if the first 300A doesn't > overclock, you could always sell it at a reduced price, buy a new one which > probably will overclock, and still be cheaper than a 433 or 466. Truth > is.. some just OC better than others. A friend's 300A will not even boot > Windows at 450MHz/2.3v. I'm sitting next to one that runs great at > 464MHz/2.1v. I've heard tales of PPGA 300A's that run flawlessly at > 504MHz/1.85v!! Note that normal is 2.0v, but the person in question > reduced it for "cooling purposes". Does anyone know if the socket 370 Celeron 300a overclocks as well as it's Slot1 sibling? This would be great, especially with the new Abit BP6(??) dual socket 370 celeron board. -Jason J. Horton Head Busboy Intercom Online Inc. 212.378.2202 | http://www.intercom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message