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> "" wrote:
> > Anyone know where I can find benchmarks to compare
> > the two processors.
> >
> > Particularly the
> > AMD K6-2: 300 - 333 MHz
> >
> > to the
> >
> > Cyrix MII PR300 which may also be known as a
> > Cyrix 6x86MX/MII 225Mhx PR300
> >
> > I have tried looking myself but not with much luck.
> > I am trying to find out if it would be worth replacing the
> > latter
> > with the former. Would I see a worthwhile perfromance increase
> > or
> > are they pretty much rated the same?
> >
> > TIA.
>
> Donald I'm not laughing . I have new systems and still kept a few of
> my
> old ones...I would go with the AMD K6-2 series, a lot will depend on
> your
> motherboard what gain you get.Hopefully your board supports SD ram
> and supports 100Mhz FSB? One thing easy is even if you get a 450mhz
> chip and your manual says no , it will still work clocked back a
> little.
I am not sure.
What I can say is that the max 'clock' is 75MHz and the max
clock multiplier is X4, I looked at my jumper settings and I am
on 75MHz X 3 = 225MHz is that 75MHz my FSB? I am a little
unclear about this, but I am pretty sure it is not a 100MHz FSB.
The CPU clocks are listed as 50, 60, 66, & 75.
Again I am a bit confused over RAM too, I will quote from my
mobo manual (which I recently found!!)
"DRAM Type Supports EDO Ram. (both symetrical and
asymmetrical, "(whatever that means?)")"
Also:-
Access time:- 70ns or faster for FPM/EDO or 60ns or faster for SDRAM
(which indicated it does take SDRAM)
However I have only ever used 72 pin EDO RAM 60ns when I upgraded
I am unsure how the 60ns relates to bus speed.
Also the SDRAM I see on ebay seems to be 168 pin DIMMS and
they are not going to fit into my 72 pin slots are they!!!!!
> BIOS updates can often fix it anyway , sometimes updating the BIOS
> will support the K6-3 series as well....
>
> K6-2 450Mhz I reckon shades a Pentium 2 450 and thats a big
> statement
I think 300Mhz is the max my mobo can manage :O(
>
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