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Subject: Re: Some hardware questions:

Author: Nicolas Carrasco

Date: 20:17:41 12/11/99

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>>I have a pentium II 333 MHz Celeron CPU.
>
>Just a detail, but a Celeron is not a Pentium II.
But it is called "Pentium II Celeron". Not "Celeron".
>
>>What I have to do to overlock it?
>
>You can try to change some jumpers on your motherboard, but if I'm guessing
>right, you'll probably need a 100MHz motherboard to overclock it effectively.
I have a 100 MHz BUS.
>
>>What risks I will have?
>

If I put a Better CPU COOLER?
How much cost one in order not to burn my CPU.

>It will run hotter and break sooner. You'll probably want to get a nice
>aftermarket fan/heatsink for it so it doesn't overheat.
>
>>What increase I will have?
>
>If you switch to a 100MHz FSB, it will run at 504 MHz.
>
>>What is the cheapest 64 bit computer (without monitor, mouse, keyboard,
>>multimedia if possible and I don't care if it is a "CLONE") ? Is compatible to
>>Windows 98 or NT?
>
>Pricewatch has 533MHz Alphas for $1300. NT for Alpha is being discontinued so

What is included with "533MHz Alphas for $1300" only MOTHERBOARD and CPU?

>you'd probably want to use Linux. There's more software for Linux anyway.
>
>>Can I add my 3DFX Monster II 3D 8 MB acelerator card?
>
>Yes, but getting drivers for it will probably be a bummer.
>
>>How much faster is the CACHE MEMORY than the SDRAM?
>
>Your L1 cache is 3 clocks. L2 cache is 8. SDRAM is maybe 15, but I think I might
>have done that calculation wrong because it sounds low.
>
>>Is there a way not to let the OS to use CACHE MEMORY in order to have it for the
>>chess engine?
>
>Unless you're using the Mac OS, you should be able to use all your memory for
>one program. It might take a while to get it all swapped in though.
>
>-Tom

THANKS



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