First post, by luckybob
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I've noticed a bit of confusion during the conversion to Pentium 2 era processors. 1997/1998 if memory serves me correctly and I wanted to somewhat clear the air in this area. We have an "ultimate 486 (socket 3) benchmark of practically all the 486 class processors, and I think we need some data for the 166-333mhz range. I decided to stop at 333 because the first gen P2 processors stopped there, and the p-pro overdrives ran at 333. (the real reason I started to think about this is because I was curios what was faster, 2x p2's or 2x p-pro's @ 333) Naturally I would include the original slot 1 Celerons and then I thought, what the hell, lets compare the 200mhz p-pro and it snowballed to practically EVERY processor between 166 and 333mhz. Then I wondered if using a 440BX chipset board is better than a 440FX. Naturally I want to include some Dual processor benchmarks, and to make the playing field level, the video card will be the same, the ram will run the same speed as the fsb, and I decided that windows NT will be the OS on my testbeds.
I think later having a 100mhz fsb roundup would be more appropriate.
However, I am going to need some help to make this a "complete" listing.
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/c … mJuRHc&hl=en_US
above is a link to "all" the processors between 166 and 333 that I want to test. I have highlighted the ones that I already own. I do have most of the relevant processors, but I'm missing a few. If you have one of these processors and wouldn't mind "donating" it to the cause, it would be appreciated.
Also I will be overclocking the "fastest" chip in each series. meaning I would take the p2-333 and see how far it will go and test it again. Along with the 200mhz p-pro and so forth.
I do believe that I am set in the motherboard department. But if you have any suggestions, i'm all ears. In fact if anyone has any suggestions at all i'm willing to field them.
It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.