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Title: Improving Frame Rate
Post by: jmccaul on January 30, 2000, 03:57:00 PM

 I get poor frame rates in AH and i am pretty sure it is my Processor to blame, a cyrix MII 333mhz the problem is my board is only rated to run at 333 mhz and has a socket 7 processor slot. So the only processors i can use are Pentium MMX (which i don't think go up to 333mhz) or an K6-2. So whatever i go for won't be much of an improvement so i was wondereing if there was any socket converters so i could put something like a P2 333 or a celeron in my motherboard.  

Title: Improving Frame Rate
Post by: Morbid on January 30, 2000, 04:42:00 PM

Hi Jim,

Not sure how the pricing goes there, but for probably not much more than a converter you could maybe consider a PII/Celeron style motherboard?

There are many advantages to doing this - one big one being that the $$$ goes to something much more expandable than what it sounds like you have now. Also things won't be choked down through a converter, the glue chips are a lot better in the PII boards vs. PI, etc.

There are a few companies that make AT style PII boards which you would need to keep from having to also replace the box, power supply, etc. I know ASUS makes one and think that ABIT does too.

Unfort, don't know anything about the converters you would need to use your present board though.

Title: Improving Frame Rate
Post by: PropNut on January 30, 2000, 05:52:00 PM

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Title: Improving Frame Rate
Post by: weazel on January 30, 2000, 08:26:00 PM

 If your going to build a budget Celeron machine you can get an A-Trend ATC-6230 mobo for cheap. Your PC-66 RAM will work fine in this board. Don`t buy it if your planning to overclock-it wont. It has the Intel BX chipset,it`s also AT form factor so it should work(space permitting)with your current case/power supply. I`ve built several budget PC`s for friends using this board and have had no problems or complaints. Just stick a Celeron 500mhz in and a good video card for much better frame rates.

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