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A minor correction: 533 = 4 X 133.
15X133 would give 2.0 GHz.
A 3.2 GHz CPU would give 16X133, or 2.13 GHz.
(I used to overclock a P4 1.6a to that.)
That'd be a downgrade in either case, if it ran.
I wonder if the OP's mainboard would accept a Prescott 2.8/533? Possibly
not.
"Sept1967" <sept1967@highstream.(Erase)net> wrote in message
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> 800Mhz FSB = 200MHz actual (Quad pumped)
> 15x multiplier x 200MHz actual = 3.0GHz
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> 533Mhz FSB = 166MHz actual (Quad pumped)
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> Your same 800FSB 3.0Ghz P4 would only be running 2.5GHz due to
> multiplier.(if it worked at all)
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> "RobB" <news@_aarbee._demon.nl> wrote in message
> news:6ed7b$41ec4f3f$3ed486cc$31821@msgid.xenosite.net...
>> Hi,
>>
>> Can I run a Intel P4 2.8 3.0 3.2 with a bus speed on a mainboard that
>> supports 533mhz as max? I want to upgrade a 2.4 one of the above
>> mentioned as I barely can get a 2.8 at 533 mhz.
>>
>> Rob
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