Does it surprise you that P2 300Mhz is very good?

i am writting this post on a P3 Mobile 300 Mhz dell laptop... from 98... it was a damn expensive laptop too... i have not had any CPU speed problems, in fact i have never seen the CPU at 100% for more than a couple seconds save with UD Agent and SETI... only the hard drive and (96 MB) some low memory problems.. run win2k... lots of MS office apps... so no, not surprised... i wonder how much a memory upgrade for this thing would cost (inspiron 7000, if anyone knows such a thing)

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WTF? please give me a link to this benchmark you are talking about.

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i can't find that link for the P2 vs P3 but i found a few other which say the P3 is way better. that benchmark i based my statement on is now deemed retarded so i withdraw my statement that P2 ~ P3 speed.
as a side note i found this interesting benchmark showing the difference that cache makes on the celeron:
<A HREF="http://firingsquad.gamers.com/hardware/p3vc2/page2.asp" target="_new">P3 vs Celeron cache with and without cache</A>
notice how they are identical if they both have no cache memory


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Would you like to play another game?<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Chooco on 01/27/02 01:31 AM.</EM></FONT></P>

i thiiiiink so...
one of the very last p2's with the 66mhz bus speed... round the time the p2 100mhz fsb 250,400 & 450 came out

and yes, i can believe a 300 is good. i had one... slow, but with 256mb of ram it was reasomably reliable, good for cruizing the net, playin moozic and writin stuff. just dont try anything excessive

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never mind, they sold it with laptops, my bad...

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I have a PII 300 with an SE440BX motherboard laying around ... anyone want it? I mean, since it's so great and all ...

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I too agree, P2s were the best.
Somehow the added cache of 512 really helps. I notice many times my comp had some damn fast times compared to others, even my AXP 1600 sometimes wouldn't open faster than it!!
It also had the great i440BX chipset (jealous?). It's now gone to scrap sold at a PC shop... but I'll never forget the moments it brought me...

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haaaaaaaaaaah faster than a athlon xp1600+ huh?

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Still, there was something in them that made them do wonders at odd times. But in most new apps the new generation beats them hands down, in games included....
But I will never forget this P2 350...

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The other day I heard an explosion from the other side of town.... It was a 486 booting up...

reliability and speed with general apps isnt the problem, people wanting fast gaming machines and rendering etc... its what we use 'em for nowadays, you dont need speed for mp3s or a server

if in doubt blame microsoft...

If its a 66MHz FSB x 4.5 multiplyer you can set it to 4.5 x 75MHz giving you 337MHz. It will work or it won't. I found it worked for me. I also tried it at 4.5 x 83.3MHz = 375MHz, but things started going a bit haywire.

I don't think the heat will be a problem, in so much as the mobo and cards ability to handle it.

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