[Very Off-Topic] What's my MHz?

[Piratecat]

Computer-type questions belong in Meta! I'll slide this over.

 

[drothgery]

I think (not sure.........the trick is I wanna know for sure) mine is a 450 MHz. Its a Pentium II. On the side of boxes for game requirements they always list Pentium II's at 450. But the thing is, I'm not an expert on that either. Do all Pentium processors come with standard MHz? Or are there different versions within different versions? *Shrug*

Note: Mobile and server/workstation CPUs, like the fastest Pentium MMXs and Pentium IIIs or the Pentium Pro, aren't listed below.

The original Pentium was available at 60, 66, 75, 90, 100, 120, 133, 150, and 166 MHz.

The Pentium MMX was available at 166, 200, and 233 MHz.

The Pentium II was available at 233, 266, 300, 333, 350, 400, and 450 MHz; the 450 MHz PII were the highest-clocked version ever made.

The Pentium III was available at 450, 500, 533, 550, 600, 650, 667, 700, 750, 800, 850, 866, 933, and 1000 MHz.

The Pentium 4 was available at 1.3, 1.4, and 1.5 GHz, but those have been discontinued.

Intel's current mainstream desktop CPU is the Pentium 4, available at clock speeds of 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 2, 2.2, 2.26, 2.4, and 2.53 GHz. 2.66, 2.8, and 3.06 GHz models are expected later this year.

 

[Psionicist]

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[LightPhoenix]

I think (not sure.........the trick is I wanna know for sure) mine is a 450 MHz. Its a Pentium II. On the side of boxes for game requirements they always list Pentium II's at 450. But the thing is, I'm not an expert on that either. Do all Pentium processors come with standard MHz? Or are there different versions within different versions? *Shrug*

Just a side note, I have a Pentium II 400 MHz, and it seems to be running fine. A little sluggish, but nothing to get in a tizzy over.

 

[Ashtal]

Since I'm moving another computer + NWN tangent thread into software, I'll move this one, too.

 

[Lazybones]

Intel's current mainstream desktop CPU is the Pentium 4, available at clock speeds of 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 2, 2.2, 2.26, 2.4, and 2.53 GHz. 2.66, 2.8, and 3.06 GHz models are expected later this year.

3.06 GHz... aaaahhhhrrrr (Homeric drool)

(slaps self roughly, just upgraded six months ago, gets back to work).

Stupid Moore's Law.

Oh, and I think you forgot the Celeron. Since it's a weaker chip, I wonder how "low can you go" and still run NWN?

 

[Wil]

Mhz of your processor should be listed in the System Properties in the Control Panel, under the general tab (you can also get there by right-clicking on My Computer and selecting "Properties").

Oh, and Intel expects to breach 30 Ghz by 2010 or so.

 

[Thanee]

Actually it only seems to list the processor class not the clock frequency there. At least on this machine it does not.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Wil]

In my experience, if your clock frequency doesn't appear in the System Properties, than it's not set right in the BIOS - although it is very likely that if it's a non-Intel processor and/or board that Windows won't pick up the frequency. The only way you're going to be able to tell, as someone else suggested, is to watch the screen during POST.

 

[Lily Inverse]

Celerons. . . .

With PII Celerons, I say. . . good feakin' luck. The things are pure @#%@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The PIII Celeron, however, is a nice little piece of work. Half the price of a true PIII, and the things work equally as well at the same speed. Intel really shot themselves in the foot over this one, IMHO.

The PIV Celerons I'm not sure about, but at the speeds they go I don't think it'd make a difference.