Amd k62 was a processor released mid1998 as amds response for intels pentium pro and pentium ii architectures. If you need some extra computing power, build a cheap am3 machine or. Many chips are able to reach 600 mhz through overclocking. Im gegensatz dazu braucht ein intel pentium 4 2400 mhz gerade.
The first rig i ever built by myself for myself was a k62 500. K6250083 mhz, 6 x 83 mhz, 23, 12, off, off, off, 2. When it was looked at by the tech at the store, he stated that the system had been overclocked abnormally high voltage. Task manager shows usage in all threads because a core is being uses so it utilizes part of the logical core the game switchs between logical core and physical core it doesnt use all at once and task manager obviously cant show how quick it updates since cpus are running at ghz aka billions of cycles per second. At that speed, any software and games etc wont really speed up at all. Amd drivers and support for radeon, radeon pro, firepro, apu. As an vintage super socket 7 board does not want to turn on, lets force power into it and it indeed comes back to life. Release notes radeon software crimson relive edition 17. What i realized i had was a amd k6 2 550mhz cpu coupled with a s3 trio virge expertcolor dsv3325dx m70 video card. This list was acquired from an actual amd k6 2 amd k6 2 500afx processor with the help of the x86 cpuid instruction. Although amd designed these cpus for the mobile market, they will work in compatible desktops as well. Technology, and have been more than happy with all of them. These cpus had 3dnow instruction set making it more powerful in some applications.
Performance is comparable to a pentium ii 300, in some games in is faster, but in other games, especially quake games, it performs slower. I have tried 112fsb with different multiplier,voltage settings etc. I have a compaq presario 7400 with according to freshdiagnose a compaq 0648h motherboard. The pipeline was short compared to that of the pentium iii and thus the design did not scale well past 500 mhz. Feedback if you are a seller for this product, would you like to. Use our cpu identification tool to check features of your processor. We compare the specs of the amd 500 to see how it stacks up against its competitors including the intel celeron 847, intel pentium iii 600e and intel core i7 6700k. The k6 2 is the first socket7 pincompatible processor to officially support the 100mhz fsb, and while it can work at other bus speeds, the k6 2 was originally intended for use only with the. The introductory k6 2 300 was by far the bestselling variant. Amd does not condone running your processor beyond its rated speed, and. Let us move on to the testing stage and see what kind of trends a k6 2 500 will show. The 300mhz k62 will allow you to overclock to a realistic maximum of 350mhz 100mhz x 3. Click on view more to see the complete hall of fame. Radeon additional settings has been retired and its previously supported controls for switchable graphics, color depth and pixel format have all been moved into radeon settings.
Amds free overdrive software distills most overclocking controls into a. Other chips may provide some performance increase, but amd chips discussed here offer maximum performance on m571 boards. It doesnt matter if i bump it up to just 176mhz or down to 174mhz. The k6 2 was a significant improvement over the k6. Nearly all k6 2s were designed to use 100 mhz super socket 7 mainboards, allowing the systembus to keep pace with the k6 2 s clockfrequency. Availability of these cpus may be a problem now most stocks are depleted. I am running aclt 2000 on a acer amd k6 2 and have had problems with the system crashing while in the program and giving an oe error message. Radeon 8500 but i found that its not easy to run in windows xp due to driver. The cxtcore k62 processors have a multiplier remap of 2. Anyone know what is the bestsafest speed to run the legendary amd k6 2 500 at. The k62 is based on the same risc86 core as the k6. In execution, however, the design was not simple, with 21. The k6iii was heavily based on the preceding k62 it essentially was a.
One well known gaming title that works awesome with 3dfx and the amd k6 2 and 3 family cpus was quake ii. The k6 2 was a very financially successful chip and enabled amd to earn the revenue it would need to introduce the forthcoming athlon. In fact you may need some very serious cooling efforts to even hit 400. We thoroughly tested the 500 mhz version, and are positively. You could also grab a k6 2 500, as mentioned, for cheap, and you could run that at 550 easy. Upgrade chance is a probability of a successful processor upgradedowngrade from the k6 2 475 mhz original cpu to a specific model.
Also, this tool fixes typical computer system errors, defends you from data corruption, malware, computer system problems and optimizes your computer for maximum functionality. In order to be able to post messages on the an overclocking community forums, you must first register. Amd drivers and support for radeon, radeon pro, firepro. If cpucool doesnt work out, does anyone know of another way to overclock my amd k6 2 500 mhz processor. If your system is not running windows 7 or 10, or for drivers software for other amd products such as amd radeon pro graphics, embedded graphics, chipsets, etc. The first computer i built for my own enjoyment was an amd x53 a factory overclocked 486 faster than the pentium75, and ive used a wide variety of systems since then, including a pentium pro200 which served me well in college and a k62 which i took to quite a few lan parties. Amd chose not to sell a 500 mhz or faster k6iii after the rare 500 mhz k6iii had been. As soon as the k7 was launched, the k6 iii quickly went out of production. Get the best deals on amd socket 7 computer processors cpus when you shop the largest online selection at. If you intend to build a pc running at 500 mhz maximum its still a very fine. Sharptooth was an x86 microprocessor line manufactured by amd that launched on february 22, 1999 in 400 and 450 mhz models. Please report all spam threads, posts and suspicious members. Please enter your desired user name, your email address and other required details in the form below. Iirc, piis are generally more or less equivalent to the k6 2 500 s probably a little better if you get late model ones clocking in the 400 mhz region.
A later variation of the k6 cpu, k6 2, added floatingpointbased simd instructions, called 3dnow the k6 was originally launched in april 1997, running at speeds of 166 and 200 mhz. In spite of this, the k6 2 333mhz evaluation system anandtech received to perform a full suite of benchmarks on was. Anyway i patched out the cpu identification code with a hex editor and renamed it mxk6crck. On the k6 2, the internal cache is small, so motherboard cache matters, and lots of boards dont support 256mb properly, so you loose mb cache. I have a giant soft spot for the k6 family of cpus. The only prerequisite is that setfsb has been updated to support. Any discrepancies between cpuid features and official specifications are likely due to some features being disabled in bios, or due to a bug in our cpuid decoding algorithm. We receive spam notifications and will take immediate action. Sorry, we do not have overclocking data for the microprocessor at this time. Sorry, overclocking information for this processor is not available at this time.
Ok let me explain since everyone is falling for this bait. Two of the chips are 500mhz, one is 350mhz, and the last is a 300mhz. Might have something to do with k6 2 333 mhz being one of my first systems and the first time i upgraded a pc myself i got the previous pentium 100 as a prebuilt system. I should work exactly the same as the original mxk6opt program but just not be fussy about what cpu model. Overclocking k5, k6, k6ii, k6iii anleitung zum ubertakten eines. Again as with the k6 2 500, 560 and 570 are possibilities.
They are build on a smaller manufacturing process and therefore run on lower voltage, consuming less power and clocking higher. Software overclocking amd k62 extreme overclocking forums. I have this cpu in my own pc as well as my sons pc and love it. But then it can also overclock systems where other options fail. Even though the processor with powernow technology is actually intended for mobile computers, it does. Detailed characteristics of processors internals, including x86 instruction set extensions and individual instructions, high and lowlevel technologies, are listed below. This core does not directly execute x86 instructions. This number is calculated as a percentage of all motherboards, compatible with both original and upgrade cpus, compared to the number of motherboards, that support the original amd k6 2 475 mhz.
Timedemo footage of quake ii running at 800x600 using 3dfx glide api. For warranty information about this product, please click here. Building an amd k6based system nowadays is easy and hard at the same time. All of them have between 500 kilobytes 1megabyte of level ii cache on the motherboard, 96 megabytes of ram, and a 6. The k62 will not overclock much for you to see any improvment anyway. Mar 01, 2018 the amd overdrive utility provides highend users the ability to maximize the capability, flexibility, and adjustability of the platforms utilizing amd processors, sockets, and chipsets. This list was acquired from an actual amd k62 amd k6 tm 3d processor with the help of the x86 cpuid instruction. World records achieved by overclocking a amd k62 333mhz processor. Amd k6, k62 and k6iii cpu resource history, hardware. I have an amd k6 3 450 on an epox mvp3g 2 mobo and i have tried numerous times to overclock but have been unsuccessfull in every attempt.
Compared to an old amd k6 2 or even an intel pentium 233 mmx the performance gain is enormous. The k6 3ds are k6 2 500 s and the piii is a katmai 550. Of course, like any other manufacturer, amd does not condone overclocking. The amd overdrive utility provides highend users the ability to maximize the capability, flexibility, and adjustability of the platforms utilizing amd processors, sockets, and chipsets. If its a 500 and you put jumpers on set to 600, the chip may run at 592mhz. Instead, it translates each x86 instruction into one or more simpler fixedlength risc86 instructions that are stored in scheduler buffer. On k6 2, the cxt model is identified from the outside by a fivedigit number on the lower left edge of the ceramic carrier. Download and run directly onto the system you want to update. Free shipping on many items browse your favorite brands affordable prices. To date i have built no less then four systems around the amd k6 ii w3d now. If your motherboard includes a bios readout but no windows utility, try using. Amd k62 500mhz with windows 2000 wrong processor speed. Sep 19, 2000 anyone know what is the bestsafest speed to run the legendary amd k6 2 500 at. The old socket 7 platform receives a last performance boost now.
If your system is not running windows 7 or 10, or for driverssoftware for other amd products such as amd radeon pro graphics, embedded graphics, chipsets, etc. Make cpu overclocking easier and faster with amd overdrive technology and attain optimum highspeed ddr3 performance. Unfortunately neither of these 2 versions are playable on a 500 mhz k6 2 even the standard version runs slowly. Find answers to amd k62 500mhz with windows 2000 wrong processor speed.
First i owe thanks to baldy, who this past spring sold me a k62500 processor and. Initially, the amd k6 processors used a pentium iibased performance rating pr2 to designate their speed. Some k6 2 350 gets very hot like 50 degrees celcius at default. Amd k62 was a processor released mid1998 as amd s response for intels pentium pro and pentium ii architectures. Amd socket 7 computer processors cpus for sale ebay. Amd offered a wide range of processor for desktop and notebooks. Released in 1998, the amd k62 microprocessor is an evolutionary update to amd k6 processor. It was followed by a 233 mhz version later in 1997. The system used in testing consists of the following hardware configuration. This is because of the smaller l1 cache size 16kb vs 64kb for the amd k6 2, which means that data must be. What this means is that while most super7 motherboards peak at a 5. We currently suggest utilizing this program for the issue.