[CLUE-Tech] Celron v. PIII on Linux

[Adam Bultman]

I'm not sure of the difference, but I don't think it'd be worth the risk
(8nunless your local guys are nice).  One thing I do have yet to check
out, is the ability to use your standard ASUS P3B-F to put 1.0 GHz chips
on 'em.  I was told by a friend that it was possible (and confirmed that
with the newer ASUS slocket adapter, and the bleeding edge BIOS) that you
can infact, run the fast chip with the 100 MHz on the board.  I own an
ASUS P3B-F, and am desperate for a faster chip in it (well, not desperate,
but you get the idea) and the ability to run a fast chip for that price
would be worth the effort of switching motherboards around in my boxen.

Has anyone tried this?  I'd be interested to know.

adam


On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, 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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