[CLUE-Tech] Celron v. PIII on Linux

[Mike Staver]

Well, all I know is that I used to have the VP6 with dual Pentium III
866's @ 133 FSB, and things seemed ok.  The board wasn't rock solid
stable (see my email about via chipsets), but from my understanding, I
couldn't use the new FC-PGA2 type processors with it.  I *think* they
have a different pin configuration??  Not 100% on that, but I think the
FC-PGA2 is the new Pentium III processors, going up to 1.2 Ghz, and I
guess the new celeron's are also using that socket type from what you've
said. 

Randy Arabie wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 24 Feb 2002, Mike Staver wrote:
> 
> > I'm not 100% on this, but I think it's an Intel invented optimized set
> > of short cpu instructions and problems can be written to use.  I know
> > for a fact that P4 has SSE, SSE2, and MMX.  The P III has SSE and MMX I
> > think, couldn't tell you if the celeron does or not.  The new Athlon XP
> > has SSE, MMX, and 3Dnow technology that helps with games and stuff.  I'm
> > not sure if it helps other programs that much though.
> >
> > Randy Arabie wrote:
> > >
> > > OK.  It sounds like the difference between a PIII and Celeron IS the
> > > amount of L2 cache and the FSB speed.  That makes things a little clearer.
> 
> My mainboard [ABIT VP6] is Socket 370, supports FC-PGA package (quoted from the
> manual).
> 
> I'm seeing Celeron 1 GHz/100 FSB/256 KB Cache processors advertised as FC-PGA2
> package.  My manual makes no mention of FC-PGA2, and I don't see anything on the
> ABIT website either.
> 
> Does anyone know the difference between Intel's FC-PGA & FC-PGA2?  Is that where
> they stepped from 0.18 micron to 0.13 micron?  If both are Socket 370, does that
> mean they will work in my Socket 370 board?
> --
> Cheers!
> 
> Randy
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