Re: AMD K6-2 550 vs Celeron 333
Posted on 2016-02-28, 13:49
Did you enable Write Combining on the K6-2 as well?
Re: AMD K6-2 550 vs Celeron 333
Posted on 2016-02-28, 13:56
elianda wrote: Did you enable Write Combining on the K6-2 as well? I'm pretty sure there is no toggle for that in the HP-branded BIOS, but I have to check. Unfortunately, I don't have the system set up at the moment so I can't check quickly. But I will in the next day or two.
Re: AMD K6-2 550 vs Celeron 333
Posted on 2016-02-28, 14:06
I mean you used FASTVID to set the MTRRs of the Celeron. SETK6D is the tool that does the same for the K6-2. It can be run from the command line just like FASTVID. If you compare the CPUs make sure you have an equivalent configuration.
Re: AMD K6-2 550 vs Celeron 333
Posted on 2016-02-28, 14:18
I mean you used FASTVID to set the MTRRs of the Celeron. SETK6D is the tool that does the same for the K6-2. It can be run from the command line just like FASTVID. If you compare the CPUs make sure you have an equivalent configuration. Good to know, thanks. I will have to investigate SETK6D. I had …
Re: AMD K6-2 550 vs Celeron 333
Posted on 2016-02-28, 15:01
i pitted k6-3+550 against celeron300a oc 450 in 3 benchmarks: superpi, 3dmark01 and quake3. the celeron won all 3 tests. in quake3 its around 50% faster, the other two tests just saw ~5% difference but remember that the celeron has 100mhz lower clock.
Re: AMD K6-2 550 vs Celeron 333
Posted on 2016-02-28, 16:29
Doom: K6-2 550: 93.7 fps Celeron: 81.2 fps Celeron at 333? then it's ,lol clueless1 wrote: I will have to investigate SETK6D. In tests package there is mtrrlfbe, wich probably works on K6 too.
Re: AMD K6-2 550 vs Celeron 333
Posted on 2016-02-28, 16:34
Tertz wrote: Doom: K6-2 550: 93.7 fps Celeron: 81.2 fps […] Show full quote Doom: K6-2 550: 93.7 fps Celeron: 81.2 fps Celeron at 333? then it's 🤣 It seems the K6-2 is faster in situations where there is already more than enough performance, whereas the Celeron is faster in situations where it …
Re: AMD K6-2 550 vs Celeron 333
Posted on 2016-02-28, 16:42
In fact, many review sites at the time compared it to the Pentium II 450 and found it to perform identically. Not all of them could be overclocked, but some 300a worked even at 495 MHz :) If you want more testing, welcome to benchmark in my signature. 1st half of its tests. There is no data about …
Re: AMD K6-2 550 vs Celeron 333
Posted on 2016-02-28, 21:47
Most chipsets support AGP divider 2/3 and PCI divider 1/3, so no problem running FSB 100.
Re: AMD K6-2 550 vs Celeron 333
Posted on 2016-02-28, 21:49
I know that the Celeron 300a was famous for his overclocking's skills but if you push it from 66mhz to 100mhz you will not only increase cpu frequency but even agp and pci frequency. From 66 to 100 agp and pci frequency will work at 100mhz and 50mhz instead of 66 and 33. Edit: Not all slot1 …
Re: AMD K6-2 550 vs Celeron 333
Posted on 2016-02-28, 21:49
I know that the Celeron 300a was famous for his overclocking's skills but if you push it from 66mhz to 100mhz you will not only increase cpu frequency but even agp and pci frequency. From 66 to 100 agp and pci frequency will work at 100mhz and 50mhz instead of 66 and 33. Only if the motherboard …
Re: AMD K6-2 550 vs Celeron 333
Posted on 2016-02-29, 00:04
In this case, it's running on an OEM 440LX board, so there's little/no overclocking. But OC'd to a 90-100mhz FSB it would probably curb stomp the K6-2 at it's top OC...
Re: AMD K6-2 550 vs Celeron 333
Posted on 2016-02-29, 01:14
I know that the Celeron 300a was famous for his overclocking's skills but if you push it from 66mhz to 100mhz you will not only increase cpu frequency but even agp and pci frequency. From 66 to 100 agp and pci frequency will work at 100mhz and 50mhz instead of 66 and 33. Edit: Not all slot1 …
Re: AMD K6-2 550 vs Celeron 333
Posted on 2016-02-29, 12:07
I don't remember what the pricing was like anymore, but I wonder what it would have cost to go the Celeron route instead of K6. In that Anandtech review I linked, they mentioned the Celeron 300a price at $180, if that helps. I'm sure it wouldn't take much to pull the rest of the numbers if you're …
Asus L1N64-SLI WS aka AMD 4x4 Bios help needed(not anymore)
Posted on 2016-03-14, 18:17
So today a jewel traced through coal... I obtained bundle for 80$ - Asus L1N64-SLI WS and 2x Opteron 2350 quad core Barcelona core First of all i decide to test them together...no boot,then just single cpu...still no boot,finally decide to try luck with dual core 2216 that has chipped textolite... …
Re: Asus L1N64-SLI WS aka AMD 4x4 Bios help needed
Posted on 2016-03-14, 19:42
Ok after upgrading/degrading default bioses i finally bruteforce flashed it through default Ez Flash... so now it recognizing as L1N64-SLI WS/B but now it boots with kingstone ram only and still not boots with quad core,perharps coz i have no ECC or REG ram
Re: Asus L1N64-SLI WS aka AMD 4x4 Bios help needed
Posted on 2016-03-14, 20:00
I'm not sure about this particular board, but in general server/WS Opterons usually require ECC Reg memory.
Re: Asus L1N64-SLI WS aka AMD 4x4 Bios help needed
Posted on 2016-03-14, 20:06
Dual core 2216 boots up well with standard non ecc non reg,probably because its almost same as FX's
Re: Asus L1N64-SLI WS aka AMD 4x4 Bios help needed
Posted on 2016-03-15, 16:45
Alright success,seems latest bios works well,and i obtained 1gb stick of registered ecc samsung ram,system posts with 1 quad core 2350 yay!!! ,nevertheless because it has 2 x nForce 680a SLI chipsets(for each cpu individual) it wont posts with 2 cpus and 1 stick,seems need one more stick //but fact …
Re: Asus L1N64-SLI WS aka AMD 4x4 Bios help needed(not anymore)
Posted on 2016-03-15, 19:28
Ideally you want 4 sticks of ECC (or more) as the memory controllers on the CPUs are dual channel.
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