Pentium III 650 vs 866MHz improvement....

[CH@NO]

Hi.

I have an ancient Compaq 5000 series that have a P3 at 650MHz, and I'm running it in my cibercafe, today I found a reseller that offers me a P3 at 866MHz for $10 bucks, I know the price is ridiculous but I'm wanna know if the speed boost will show a noticeable improvement or I must keep my current CPU???

Thanx for the support.

[oli_ramsay]

Meh, why not, it's only $10. Probably won't see anything major but you may as well.

[CH@NO]

Originally Posted by oli_ramsay

Meh, why not, it's only $10. Probably won't see anything major but you may as well.

I know I should, but I'll buy it via mercadolibre.com.mx (mexican ebay version), and even if I have a warranty for part of the reseller the CPU is used so It may not work.....but hell, I think I should give it a try, 216MHz should improve something.

[xubidoo]

ive got a few old p3's just laying about i cant get rid of

800mhz
933mhz
1ghz

if u lived closer ,i could sent u one for the price of the postage.

[oli_ramsay]

Hell yea, Don't expect 60FPS on Crysis type of improvement, but minesweeper should now be playable with 4xAA and 16AF

[kiriakost]

We all have PIIIs laying around , the point is what is the max PIII supported by the computer .

Find out this first .

[DrPepper]

Originally Posted by oli_ramsay

Hell yea, Don't expect 60FPS on Crysis type of improvement.

Actualy if he gave it to u2konline he'd probably get crysis running at 60fps.

[u2konline]

10 dollars is not alot of money and yes you will see a improvement, a boost in gaming. If i found someone to boost my 600mhz up to 866 for 10 dollars, hell yea i would do it. But the dude around in my area is trying to sell it for 150 freakin dollars.

But anyways, go for it , i would

[Basard]

Yeah, knowing compaq, it probably wont even detect the cpu.... I've tried a lot of upgrades (well, 4) just like that on old peoples' slot-based computers. It never worked.

So, keep collecting them cpus... One day, like me, you can melt the pins of 100 cpu's down and you'll have like .5 ounces of gold! WEEE. Delusions of grandure here.

[RevengE]

Originally Posted by u2konline

10 dollars is not alot of money and yes you will see a improvement, a boost in gaming. If i found someone to boost my 600mhz up to 866 for 10 dollars, hell yea i would do it. But the dude around in my area is trying to sell it for 150 freakin dollars.

But anyways, go for it , i would

1.Your hardly going to see any boost at all. 2. That guy that is trying to sell a PIII for 150.00 is a dumbass. 3.that is all

[DrPepper]

Originally Posted by xRevengEx

2. That guy that is trying to sell a PIII for 150.00 is a dumbass.

Or he is an evil genius. Someone will eventualy buy it without realising its age.

[RevengE]

Originally Posted by DrPepper

Or he is an evil genius. Someone will eventualy buy it without realising its age.

Haha maybe, if someone fell into a trap like that they deserve to be ripped off.

[u2konline]

Originally Posted by CH@NO

Hi.

I have an ancient Compaq 5000 series that have a P3 at 650MHz, and I'm running it in my cibercafe, today I found a reseller that offers me a P3 at 866MHz for $10 bucks, I know the price is ridiculous but I'm wanna know if the speed boost will show a noticeable improvement or I must keep my current CPU???

Thanx for the support.

Are you planning to play any games on it?
If os, use windows 2000, its the best OS.

Originally Posted by DrPepper

Actualy if he gave it to u2konline he'd probably get crysis running at 60fps.

No, maybe 40 at 1280x1024 medium to high settings. or all medium settings. 40 when looking at the ground of course. or skies. But overall i can play crysis or crysis warhead just fine at 1280x1024 settings.

[3dsage]

Originally Posted by DrPepper

Or he is an evil genius. Someone will eventualy buy it without realising its age.

This is so true, people on Craigslist are still buying P4 setups for around 300-400$

[CH@NO]

Originally Posted by Basard

Yeah, knowing compaq, it probably wont even detect the cpu.... I've tried a lot of upgrades (well, 4) just like that on old peoples' slot-based computers. It never worked.

maybe you're right. I have same issues in the past but with RAMs, in fact, this is my first time trying to change an older CPU from a branded computer.

[CH@NO]

Originally Posted by kiriakost

We all have PIIIs laying around , the point is what is the max PIII supported by the computer .

Find out this first .

can you help me with that, the exact model is 5BW143

[u2konline]

I found these
http://www.shopping.com/xPP-pc_deskt...pe_pentium_iii

Some of them have agp slots.

[CH@NO]

Originally Posted by u2konline

10 dollars is not alot of money and yes you will see a improvement, a boost in gaming. If i found someone to boost my 600mhz up to 866 for 10 dollars, hell yea i would do it. But the dude around in my area is trying to sell it for 150 freakin dollars.

But anyways, go for it , i would

Ah man, I was sure that this ancient related post will atract you , thanx for your reply but that PC isn't suited for gaming...well, maybe, but flash gaming or so and for surfing the web, work on office, etc., very normal use.

150 DOLLARS for that piece of crap!!, what a rip-off, dile que no mame, hahaha, even I wrotte in my native lenguage, It's just It's kinda upset seeing some guys doing this.

[3870x2]

Originally Posted by DrPepper

Or he is an evil genius. Someone will eventualy buy it without realising its age.

Or, sometime in the future, mistake it for a phenom III

[RevengE]

Originally Posted by u2konline

Are you planning to play any games on it?
If os, use windows 2000, its the best OS.



No, maybe 40 at 1280x1024 medium to high settings. or all medium settings. 40 when looking at the ground of course. or skies. But overall i can play crysis or crysis warhead just fine at 1280x1024 settings.

I want to see this U2 40fps on a system that old running one of the most intense games on the market... my old crappy laptop won't even run Crysis on med/high settings and it has alot newer componets than that.

[CH@NO]

Originally Posted by u2konline

I found these
http://www.shopping.com/xPP-pc_deskt...pe_pentium_iii

Some of them have agp slots.

It seems It'll can handle the 866MHz CPU, what do you guys think????

[hat]

Originally Posted by u2konline

10 dollars is not alot of money and yes you will see a improvement, a boost in gaming. If i found someone to boost my 600mhz up to 866 for 10 dollars, hell yea i would do it. But the dude around in my area is trying to sell it for 150 freakin dollars.

But anyways, go for it , i would

lol. I wouldn't buy any processor for $150 unless it was a core 2 extreme, then I would re-sell it for fat loot

[hat]

Originally Posted by CH@NO

It seems It'll can handle the 866MHz CPU, what do you guys think????

dude it's only $10, you could make $10 virtually anywhere. if it bothers you that much, cut somebody's grass

[RevengE]

Originally Posted by 3870x2

Or, sometime in the future, mistake it for a phenom III

That would be great!

[CH@NO]

Originally Posted by hat

dude it's only $10, you could make $10 virtually anywhere. if it bothers you that much, cut somebody's grass

I ask 'cause I DON'T like to waste my money, remeber I live in Mexico and 10 bucks MEANS SO MUCH MORE here, a guy that works with the minimum payment recieves worthless 5 BUCKS PER DAY, It's a fucking robbery, but here this is how it works, I'm currently running a cibercafe and other samall bussiness with my wife, very glad that we're going very well but I saying all this crap just to clarify WHY I was asking your advices first.

BTW, one dollar of yours means 14 pesos of my country, the minimun payment is about 60 (aprox.) mexican pesos per day (depends on the city, some a little more) .....so make your counts....

and If I cut somebody's grass I could recieve 4 bucks with luck...