[Gllug] Pentium 3 - Slot 1 package

[Adam Bower]

t.clarke wrote:

> My regular supplier does a P3 coppermine in Slot 1 at 1Gig with a 133FSB
>
> I always thought that the FSB speed was determined by the chipset and 
> not the
> CPU - so a CPU rated to run at 133 might work at 100.   But I could 
> well be
> completely wrong !!

You can run a 133FSB processor at 100FSB but the chip will be multiplier 
locked, for example a 1GHz cpu with a 133Mhz FSB will have a 7.5 
multiplier 7.5*133=1000 (well 997.5 if you are a pedant) so if you ran 
it at 100Mhz FSb you would get 7.5*100=750Mhz which aint' so good.

Adam



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