P3V4X Processor?

[JRClose]

I have read of people using processors as fast as 1Ghz in Asus' P3V4X mainboard. I am currently running a PIII 667eb, and would like to upgrade. Asus' web site says only that it supports up to a PIII 866eb, which was the fastest processor available at the time of production. I was thinking that I might be able to run a PIII as fast as 1.4Ghz, but am unsure. Does anyone have any experience with faster processors on this mainboard?

Any suggestions on a manufacturer of a Slot 1 adapter? This board is a Slot 1 design, and I will need to purchase one for the new processor.

Thanks in advance...

 

[andlcs]

With 1005 Bios I think you can run a PIII Cumine @ 1.06GHz max (8x133 @ 1.75V?). I don't think it supports Tualatin PIIIs.
Get Asus S370 adapter.

 

[Crashman]

I recommend ditching the board, it was trash when it was new, that chipset was a poor example from a company riddled with poor examples.

But if you insist, yes, you can run a PIII 1000EB on it. That would be the Coppermine core version that runs between 1.65v and 1.75v depending on revision.

All Intel's new PIII's have a heat spreader on the top, even Coppermines. Presence of this heat spreader is the qualification Intel uses to call it an FC-PGA2. Rumors, including those at motherboard manufacturers websites, are that all FC-PGA2 processors are Tualatins, but this is not the case. I own a Coppermine processor in the FC-PGA2 package, I can scan the retail box top if somebody want's to argue that.

So how can you tell if it's the compatable Coppermine rather than the incompatable Tualatin? By the voltage, this is also listed on the box. Tualatins will be 1.45v-1.50v (usually 1.475v), I mentioned the core voltage of the Coppermine above.

If you want to throw money at it, a Tualatin would work with a Powerleap IP3/T adapter. I'll sell you one if you like, as Powerleap only sells them with processors.

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[JRClose]

It isn't practical for me to toss the board. This system is only three years old, and I would like to get one or two more out of it. I think I am going the Powerleap route. One-hundred seventy bucks for the 1.4 Ghz version is kinda hard to pass up. Thanks to everyone for your input.

 

[andlcs]

What's your video card?

 

[Crashman]

It would be easy for me to pass up, a 1.4GHz celeron is only roughly the performance of a PIII 933, I know this from testing. I wouldn't even bother with the Tualatin Celeron at the rediculaously low bus speed of 100MHz, I'd have to get a slower one and overclock it simply to improve it's terribly poor memory transfer speed.

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[PC_GEEK]

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[JRClose]

The video card is an older 3dfx Voodoo 3 2000 AGP. It's okay, but not exactly cutting edge. The bottom line though is that the system's primary function is for running my business, not for gaming. It will most likely be shuffled off to do work as a test server in a year or so, and be replaced with something more modern at that time.

Thanks again everyone.