K6 266 overclocked vs. K6-II/450?

[Guest]

I am running a TX97-XE Asus Mobo with a K6-266 MMX overclocked to 300mhz, and was woundering if I would get a bigger boost in Quake running a K6-II 400 or 450? I am stuck with a TNT2 M64 video card and have 512MB.
Thanks for everyones help!
So|omon

 

[kief]

No brainer dude. Faster CPU = faster computer with all other factors the same. Also the 400 & 450 have 100mhz fsb, compared to 66mhz in the 266 model, unless you fsb overclocked....

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[Crashman]

OK, your using a TX motherboard, see <A HREF="http://www.asuscom.ru/products/motherboard/pentium/tx97-xe/tx97xe-jumper.html" target="_new">http://www.asuscom.ru/products/motherboard/pentium/tx97-xe/tx97xe-jumper.html</A>
This board will operate a K6-2 at 450 or 500MHz, using 6x75=450 or 6x83=500. To get the 6x multiplier, use 2x, as K6-2's will interpret 2x as 6x. Use the 2.1v setting if avialable, or the 2.8v setting only if necessary. Use a Socket 462 Athlon cooler as these are oversized enough to protect the K6-2 from overheating at such high voltage settings.

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

 

[kief]

GO CRASHMAN....good info =)

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[ufo_warviper]

Is this 2x to 6x K6-2 Multiplier deal work with only with Asus (non-Super7) regular Socket 7 boards? I saw an article once @ THG about something like that.

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[Crashman]

Forget the THG article. He suggested using an adapter that most boards don't need! The 2x=6x is done by the CPU itself and works on ALL BOARDS that accept K6-2's (most do, even though they don't say so).
To get 400, use 2x=6x66.6MHz. To get 450 use 2x=6x75. To get 500 use 2x=6x83.3. These speeds work on every board that supports the corresponding bus speed and doesn't have a BIOS lockout for the K6-2.
You can run a K6-2 anywhere between 2.1v and 2.8v as long as you keep it cool.

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

 

[girish]

that older board may not support the 2.2V core voltage, so its actually blessing in a disguise that you have to set the core voltage higher anyway to overclock it.

if you have a K6-II 400, you can easily run it at 500 MHz as crash said, using an oversized cooler.

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[pike]

Crashman's info is of course right on.
If those are your only choices of cpu (perhaps because you have a deal on these) well you could overclock with the bigger fan.
Personnally, have the Asus P55T2P4 whitch is older than yours' and have done the 2.2V / 6 X 83.3 for a K6-2 500+ cpu. If you can get your hands on a K6-2 + or better still a K6-3 or K6-3 + cpu, do so as the bigger L2 cache will give you even better performance.
If you're revision is 3.01 or later, by all means set cpu core voltage too: 2.1V
I presume you are talking of Quake 2. With these upgrades it will run very nicely.
If you mean Quake 3 you might have some "jagginess" = below 30 FPS. That is what i have. Can still be interesting. Of course unload all apps from start menu with msconfig.
I have tnt-1 16meg pci & 128meg edo so you should get better FPS than me.

Are we really ready for "contact" ?<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by pike on 02/03/02 10:32 AM.</EM></FONT></P>