Re: [TP770ED] CPU upgrade recommendations?

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From: Bruce Markowitz (scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: Thu Jul 04 2002 - 10:18:25 EDT


I think upgrading aa 770ED to 366 would be well worth it. There were two MMC-1 P2 366 CPUS on ebay this week for $45.00, no bidders.
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Bert Haskins
  To: John Bridges
  Cc: Mark Lee ; Thinkpad
  Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2002 10:59 AM
  Subject: Re: [TP770ED] CPU upgrade recommendations?

  Wrong, they ended the auction early.
  I'm looking for a MMC-1 PII "EP" ( internal cache) and
  they have been running over $50.
  -- Bert
  John Bridges wrote:

    On Thu, 4 Jul 2002 09:34:20 +1000, Mark Lee wrote:
>It is definitely not better. You will not see an improvement... but
>rather a big step backward... The Celeron has a smaller and much slower
>cache. You only see a significant improvement when going upward at
>least 120 MHz, or with a larger, faster cache memory.

    Larger Cache is not always faster.

    If I remember correctly, the 266mhz PII has a 512k cache outside the CPU
    (running slower), while the 366mhz PII has a 256k cache inside the CPU
    (running at a much faster speed).

    It is suprising how much the price has dropped, this one didn't even sell a
    week ago, no bids. Someone could have had it for $5.

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2035643444


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