3 Nov
2004
3 Nov
'04
2:20 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred N. van Kempen" <waltje(a)pdp11.nl>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 7:04 AM
Subject: Re: OT: Fastest Pentium Pro?
On Wed, 3 Nov 2004, Scarletdown wrote:
PPro overdrives hit 333Mhz (I have 2 on a Intel PPro motherboard PR440FX).
The overdrive is a P2 chip with 512KB cache w/ECC running at the processor
speed, unlike a normal P2 with cache that runs at 1/2 CPU speed.
They are fairly inexpensive and can found here:
http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=PODP66X333&cat=CPU
What was the fastest Pentium Pro CPU produced?
On one site that a
Jeeves search turned up, there was mention of the Pro getting up to
300MHz, yet another search result says that the fastest is 200MHz.
Plus, the HP Vectra XA that I am tinkering with uses a Pentium Pro CPU
(she currently has a 200), and according to the geeksheet for this
motherboard (http://www.embeddedlogic.com/TH99/m/E-H/35391.htm) this
board can take up to a 266.
So, which is it?
The fastest one produced was 200MHz. They had 150, 180 and
200MHz
versions, with cache sizes ranging from 256KB to 2MB. My primary
file server at the office is a Compaq Proliant 6000 with four of
the PPro/200 CPU's with 2MB cache each, and that thing just does
not give up. Although all my other servers are MUCH faster CPU-
wise, this box handles the Win2000 Advanced Server plus SFU plus
BackupExec very well.
Anyway, the answer would be '200'. They did project releases of
266 and 300MHz, but there ended up being early Pentium II's.
--f