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Intel Pentium 200 w/MMX?
Name: #johny5 Date: March 8, 2002 at 00:55:44 Pacific
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i am upgrading an old Gateway PC & i wanted to know which chip will run faster/better on my machine? an Intel Pentium Pro 200mhz CPU, or an Intel Pentium 200 w/MMX? my MOBO manual says that both chips are supported. i found someone in my local area who is selling both chips & i need to know which one i should buy.
pentium pro is a socket 8 type cpu. the 2 cpu.s are completely different. the other cpu is socket 7
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Response Number 3
Name: InfoUnleashed Date: March 8, 2002 at 19:26:35 Pacific
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Well both processor run at the same speed and are 32-bit! That is obvious! Howerver the MMX has many adventages over the standard PII 200. If you have the choice between both, choose the MMX chip. Make sure as mentioned in the above post that you have a motherboard that support the CPU socket type which is Slot1 or Socket 7. If you don't then you can't ugrade. Hopefully this will bring some light to your upgrading process.
Go with pentium mmx. Pentium pro isn't as stable. It runs some programs faster than a Pentium 2,but others at slower than a 484dx4 100. It's really strange.
Go with pentium mmx. Pentium pro isn't as stable. It runs some programs faster than a Pentium 2,but others at slower than a 486dx4 100. It's really strange.
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Response Number 6
Name: cyborg409 Date: March 15, 2002 at 17:14:24 Pacific
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yep pentium II mmx is best ,,pro is best for NT only it acts very strange with other os's i've got a pro processor anyone can have free if you pay postage on it! it's good
byby
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Response Number 7
Name: Jupiracy Date: July 10, 2002 at 07:38:38 Pacific
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I have one pentium 133 and want upgrade to Pentium 200. But when install win98 with pentium 200 my system reboot and not load the window of instalation. I canīt install win9x with pentium 200 but with pentium 133 yes. My motherboard is a M549.
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