This is right Eric. The Multiplier (usually 10x, etc) sets the max speed
that the processor can run at. If you buy a G3 processor that is 10x, you
should have no problems...seeing as the fastest zifs they make right now are
500 mhz. (your beige G3's bus speed is 66mhz. Take that and multiply it by
the multiplier 10x, and you have 660. So with a processor with a 10x
multiplier, you can run a processor at a max of 660mhz...not that that
matters right now.
So in short (that was confusing...) as long as you get a zif with a 9x or
10x multiplier, you'll be fine :oP And you can run that processor at it's
normal speed (maybe a little faster if you overclock it using the processor
speed jumpers on the motherboard)
~justin~
> From: "Eric D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (G-List)
> Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 16:24:06 -0400
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (G-List)
> Subject: Re: Beige G3/333 MT upgrade questions
>
>
> What I write next I never fully understood (please correct me if I'm wrong
> or confirm if I'm right)... but (if I understood the explanation at the time
> (& it's real fuzzy in my mind now)) there's supposedly a limit to how fast a
> CPU the motherboard can support. I thought it was related to the multiplier
> at which the CPU can run (e.g. a 700 MHz G4 with a 10x multiplier could only
> run at 660 MHz in a Beige G3 because of the 66 MHz mobo). Is this correct
> G-list denizens out there? If so, that would mean max for B&WG3/1st/2nd gen
> G4 1 GHz? (& 900 MHz for G3?)
>
>> Mike Wallinga
> Friesian?
>
> Eric.
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