• Processor upgrade results for Intel.
  • As at 10/8/2000

    Processor

    Rating

    @

    Overclocked speed

    Front Side Bus

    X

    Multiplier

    Voltage

    Upgraded from

    Rating

    Stable?

    Survey entries

    Intel Pentium

    Intel Pentium

    133

    @

    133

    66

    X

    3.5 (1.5)

    Intel Pentium

    133

    YES

    1

    Intel Pentium

    133

    @

    166

    66

    X

    3.5 (1.5)

    Intel Pentium

    133

    YES

    1

    Intel Pentium MMX

    166

    @

    188

    75

    X

    2.5

    2,8

    Intel Pentium MMX

    166

    YES (note 3)

    1

    Intel Pentium

    166

    @

    200

    83

    X

    2.5

    Intel Pentium

    233

    YES

    1

    Intel Pentium MMX

    166

    @

    210

    83

    X

    3.5 (1.5)

    Intel Pentium MMX

    166

    NO - crashes often

    1

    Intel Pentium

    166

    @

    225

    75

    X

    3

    3.5

    Intel Pentium MMX

    166

    NO (note 1)

    1

    Intel Pentium

    166

    @

    225

    75

    X

    3

    3.5

    Intel Pentium

    133

    YES

    1

    Intel Pentium

    166

    @

    231

    66

    X

    3.5 (1.5)

    2.8

    Cyrix / IBM M2

    200

    YES

    1

    Intel Pentium

    200

    @

    210

    83

    X

    2.5

    3.5

    AMD K6-2

    200

    YES

    1

    Intel Pentium MMX

    233

    @

    200

    75

    X

    3

    Cyrix / IBM 686

    233

    YES

    1

    Intel Pentium

    233

    @

    166

    66

    X

    3.5 (1.5)

    AMD K5

    100

    YES

    1

    Intel Pentium

    166

    @

    231

    66

    X

    3.5 (1.5)

    Cyrix / IBM M2

    300

    YES

    1

    Intel Pentium MMX

    200

    @

    200

    66

    X

    3.5 (1.5)

    Intel Pentium

    233

    YES

    1

    Intel Pentium

    200

    @

    233

    75

    X

    3

    Intel Pentium

    233

    YES

    1

    Intel Pentium

    200

    @

    200 / 250

    66

    X

    3.5 (1.5)

    Intel Pentium

    233

    YES

    1

    Intel Pentium

    233

    @

    233

    66

    X

    3.5 (1.5)

    2.5

    Intel Pentium MMX

    200

    YES

    1

    Intel Pentium

    233

    @

    233 / 233

    66

    X

    3.5 (1.5)

    2

    Intel Pentium

    233

    YES

    1

    Intel Pentium

    200

    @

    225

    75

    X

    3

    3.5

    Cyrix / IBM 686

    200

    YES

    1

    Intel Pentium

    233

    @

    233

    66

    X

    3.5 (1.5)

    2.9

    Intel Pentium

    233

    YES

    1

    Intel Pentium

    233

    @

    233

    66

    X

    3.5 (1.5)

    Intel Pentium

    150

    YES

    2

    Intel Pentium

    233

    @

    233

    66

    X

    3.5 (1.5)

    Intel Pentium

    233

    YES

    4

    Intel Pentium

    233

    @

    233

    66

    X

    3.5 (1.5)

    2.8

    Intel Pentium

    133

    NO

    1

    Intel Pentium MMX

    233

    @

    250

    83

    X

    3

    2,9

    Cyrix / IBM M2

    200

    YES

    1

    Intel Pentium MMX

    233

    @

    250

    83

    X

    3

    2.9

    Cyrix / IBM M2

    200

    YES (note 4)

    1

    Intel Pentium

    233

    @

    233 / 262.5

    75

    X

    3.5 (1.5)

    2.9

    Cyrix / IBM 686

    133

    YES

    1

    Intel Pentium

    233

    @

    266

    75

    X

    3.5 (1.5)

    2.8

    Intel Pentium

    233

    YES

    1

    Intel Pentium MMX

    233

    @

    266 /262.5

    75

    X

    3.5 (1.5)

    2.8

    Intel Pentium MMX

    233

    YES

    1

    Intel Pentium

    233

    @

    266

    75

    X

    3.5 (1.5)

    2.9

    Cyrix / IBM 686

    133

    YES

    1

    Intel Pentium

    233

    @

    266

    75

    X

    3.5 (1.5)

    Intel Pentium

    233

    YES

    1

    Intel Pentium MMX

    Intel Pentium MMX

    166

    @

    300

    75

    X

    3

    2.9

    Intel Pentium MMX

    166

    YES (note 2)

    1

    Intel Pentium MMX

    166

    @

    166

    66

    X

    2.5

    Intel Pentium MMX

    233

    YES

    1

    Intel Pentium MMX

    166

    @

    188

    75

    X

    2.5

    2.8 / 2.9

    Intel Pentium MMX

    166

    YES

    2

    Intel Pentium MMX

    200

    @

    200

    66

    X

    3

    Intel Pentium

    233

    YES

    1

    Intel Pentium MMX

    200

    @

    233

    66

    X

    2.5

    2.6

    Intel Pentium

    233

    YES

    1

    Intel Pentium MMX

    233

    @

    266

    75

    X

    3.5 (1.5)

    Intel Pentium MMX

    233

    YES

    1

    Intel Pentium MMX

    266

    @

    200

    83

    X

    3.5 (1.5)

    AMD K6

    166

    YES

    1

    Note 1 - " I Have Problems With Advanced Power Managment In Win 98"

    Note 2 - " Completely stable for more than one year. "

    Note 3 - "I'm' From italy sorry for my English, Mi processor is a P166mmx with bloked multiplicator (set from factory at 2,5). Are many months that i don't touch my Motherboard Settings (8 or 9 months) but if i remember right i can only downgrade the processor speed by the cpu clock jumpers (JP5). But no increase !! For this reason i have operate on the bus speed for obtain a increase of performance i have tried the 75 mhz and 83 of bus speed but only at 75 mhz i have obtained a normal stability of my Computer I acually use it for 6-8 hours or + contunuos whitout problems che cpu work at 75x2,5= 188mhz whitouth warm problems. At 83mhz I have somethimes seen the "blu screen of the death" ;)) I hope that I have write is usefull to you. I have search a site like yours for months !!! You have make a GREAT THING !! Continuing !! "

    Note 4 - " System is stable but can i to be shure that the FSB is 83 MHz? The Usermanuale tells not the Jumpersettings for 83MHz FSB! I set the Jumpers JP3: A,1-2/B,1-2/C,2-3 and D,2-3(33MHz). The Bios write : IntelPentium MMX 250MHz.My Memory are two Strips 64MB SDRAM 100 MHz and he works without problems."

     

     

     

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