nVidia Geforce MX400

[Guest]

I bought an nVidia Geforce MX400 64MB AGP card for my PC. The website I purchased it from said one system requirement was a Pentium II processor. When I got the card, the installation guide says it should be a Pentiumm II 300Mhz processor and I only have a 266Mhz Pentium II!! Does anyone know if the card will work at all or should I send it back and buy a different one? I was on the nVidia site and it was one of the cards they recommended through a peformance analysis. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[kamiwut]

I had a PCI GeForce2 MX400 in an Pentium 233MMX system and it ran fine.

 

[Crashman]

It will work fine. Even though it will work fine, I suggest you overclock your 266 to 300 just because it will make your computer more enjoyable to use.

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

 

[svol]

It should work, but the performance will be hold back by the P2 266 MHz.

My case has so many fans that it hovers above the ground .

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the response. I'm pretty new to upgrading my PC. I've added memory and now I'll upgrade the video card. Is overclocking something I should attempt and if so could you direct me to some info or link on how to accomplish it (overclocking that is). Thanks again.

 

[Crashman]

Most later PII CPU's were multiplier locked (you couldn't change the multiple of the bus speed that the processor ran at). But YOURS IS PROBABLY NOT LOCKED, so you have a few more options than those of us with newer equipement!

Your CPU is set at a 4x multiplier, meaning you processor runs 4x the bus speed, or 4x66. Depending on your board, the best solution would be to drop the multiplier to 3x and raise the bus speed to 100MHz, as long as you have PC100 memory or better.
Otherwise, you can simply change your multiplier to 4.5x to make it 300MHz.

What's the frequency, Kenneth?