Intel Celeron FC-PGA Overclocking Guide

[alexross]

www.sharkyextreme.com/hardware/guides/celeron_fcpga_oc/ (http://http://www.sharkyextreme.com/hardware/guides/celeron_fcpga_oc/)The new “flip chip” Intel Celerons come in speeds from 500 MHz to 700 MHz and have a design very similar to the FC-PGA Intel Pentium III Coppermines. This design actually hearkens back to the original Mendocino core, which Intel introduced with the Celeron 300A. In today's offering, Vince has once again gone off the deep end with benchmarks galore as he indulges in one of his fav activities: overcranking the Celeron 'till it cries "mama"! Let us know what ya' think as always good & bad...



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[Arcadian]

Originally posted by alexross:
www.sharkyextreme.com/hardware/guides/celeron_fcpga_oc/ (http://http://www.sharkyextreme.com/hardware/guides/celeron_fcpga_oc/)The new “flip chip” Intel Celerons come in speeds from 500 MHz to 700 MHz and have a design very similar to the FC-PGA Intel Pentium III Coppermines. This design actually hearkens back to the original Mendocino core, which Intel introduced with the Celeron 300A.


Ummm... isn't Mendocino closer to the Deschutes core? The FC-PGA Celerons are based on the Coppermine core, which has several major differences from Deschutes (including SSE instructions). But, I supposed it can be argued that each of these cores are derivitives from the original P6 core, so if that is what you meant, then you are correct.

[Sharky]

Hi Arcadian,

That's teh way I read it and understood it. I'll double check with Vince on that... Cheers.

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[psycho411]

FC-PGA 500-700? FC-PGA Celerons start at 533, don't they?
Also, I don't think 300A was the first Mendocino core Celery. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the 300A and 333A were still based on the Deschutes core, with a 128K cache. The 366 was the first one with the Mendocino core. That's why 366A's were so much easier to overclock than 333A's; because they had a new core.

[This message has been edited by psycho411 (edited September 12, 2000).]

[Vince Freeman]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by psycho411:
[B]Also, I don't think 300A was the first Mendocino core Celery. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the 300A and 333A were still based on the Deschutes core, with a 128K cache. The 366 was the first one with the Mendocino core. That's why 366A's were so much easier to overclock than 333A's; because they had a new core.

Nope, the new Celeron Mendocino core started with the 300A, with 128K of integrated cache. Intel released several new core revisions for the Celeron line, but they all migrated down to the 300A.

You might be thinking of the move to the PPGA format from Slot 1, and the C366 was the one of the first (along with the C333) to move to that new format. THe Mendocino core remined the same, only a new CPU package.