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900 mhz Celeron versus 800 mhz Pentium III - which one should I choose?

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gonzo90017:

--- Quote ---does your mb take 133fsb chips? because if not than the p3 800 will be 600mhz running @ 100fsb 

then you should deff just use the celeron if the 133fsb wont work
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Could you explain this?

Hey pressthebutton your setup is overkill for the games you wan't to play. I'm running all those games at full speed on a 400mhz celeron with no frameskip. It runs on 256mb ram. It ran great with 128 but NeoGeo games load faster with 256. My setup is a slimmed down version of xp I made using Nlite. You'd be better off using an older version of mame. I recommend FastMame 84.zip for your setup.

As far as the 8gb hd you have. You better get rid of all the clones and chd's if you have the full collection. My xp version takes around 1gb of hd space if I remember correctly.

SpeedEng:

--- Quote from: gonzo90017 on December 30, 2007, 12:06:44 pm ---
--- Quote ---does your mb take 133fsb chips? because if not than the p3 800 will be 600mhz running @ 100fsb 

then you should deff just use the celeron if the 133fsb wont work
--- End quote ---

Could you explain this?


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ok if mb can only accept fsb 100 cpus a 133fsb chip will run @ 100fsb
in this case you have a p3 800 (@133fsb)
800 (mhz) / 133 (fsb) = 6 (the 6 is the multipler)

so if you have a mb that only takes 100fsb and use that 6 multipler chip
6 (multi) x 100 (fsb) = 600 (mhz)

Franco:
Im no use to you on the processor choice, im just glad to see you'll be playing my favourite game, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs   :)

pressthebutton:
Thank you so much for your support guys! Really appreciate it!

Can't wait to have Mame running and start playing all those fab classics that are as powerful and entertaining today as they were in my youth.
Pure magic!

It would be great to tuneup my setup as much as I can, to make the most of it.
I guess there will be no problem with the 133MHz bus sync as it seems that my old mobo can handle it OK.

DFI Socket 370 CA64-TN

Form Factor: ATX
Compatible Processors: Celeron, Pentium III, Cyrix III
Processor Socket: Socket 370
Max Processor Speed: 1.26 GHz
Chipset Type: VIA Apollo Pro133T
Max Bus Speed: 133 MHz
BIOS Type: Award
Storage Controller: ATA-100

Also your advices made me think if my ram specs will meet the system needs:

Supported RAM
Technology: SDRAM
Supported RAM Integrity Check: Non-ECC, ECC
RAM Installed ( Max ): 0 MB / 1 GB (max) - DIMM 168-PIN
RAM Technology: SDRAM - 133 MHz

Installed Dimms:
Dimm 01 = Dbx 133 MHz (256 mb – double sided)
Dimm 02 = Kingston 133 MHz (128mb)
Dimm 03 = Tonicom pc150 (128mb)
I also have a Tonicom pc166 (128 mb) – any advantage in using it instead of the pc150 module?

Total= 512 MB

I just ordered arcadevga and Ipac from ultimarc.

 :cheers: have an excellent 2008 with lots of success and arcade fun !!!



SpeedEng:
pc133, 150, 166 memory will all run @ 133fsb

nah dont even worry about the speed
you can overclock the system but you wont get much with the p3 ;)

the celeron on the other hand will oc slightly higher tho..

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