mobile K6s?

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mobile K6s?

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Do K6s from laptops offer any advantages over a desktop K6? (I'm including K6 IIs and IIIs in this question too)
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A CPU does not know what motherboard it is running on...so if I understand your question correctly...no.
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I don't think I phrased it correctly....do the mobile K6s run at lower voltage perhaps? have unlocked multis? etc.... Advantages.
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All of the K6's in whatever flavour they are in come with unlocked multipliers. Available multipliers are up to 5.5x for most but 6x for CTX core cpu's

The K6plus cpu's were designed for mobile and embedded applications. These particular cpu's were designed on the K6-III core but using .18 micron technology. This cooler operation at lower voltage allowed them to overclock better than the older K6-III equivalents.

Since most socket 7 boards were designed to run on 100fsb the limit for operation is 600Mhz without overclocking the fsb. The SIS530 chipset did allow for the 133fsb with a 4x divider but the performance was no better than competitor chipsets running at 100fsb and had the disadvantage of running onboard vga which screwed up the performance real bad.

If you take a look through the threads you can pick up a lot of info on the various boards and chipsets.

These K6plus chips are great fun to mess around with and are my favorites along with the Intel Tualatin chips.

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thanks for the info Stedman :D

The K6plus cpu's were designed for mobile and embedded applications. These particular cpu's were designed on the K6-III core but using .18 micron technology. This cooler operation at lower voltage allowed them to overclock better than the older K6-III equivalents.
Which CPUs in particular are you talking about there Stedman?
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586/686 Processors Chart -
http://users.erols.com/chare/586.htm

Old Processor Electrical Specifications -
http://users.erols.com/chare/elec_pentium.htm
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PC #3 - HP8766C, PIII-667, 768 MB SDRAM
PC #4 - ASUS P3V4X, PIII-733, 256 MB SDRAM
PC #5 - Gateway 700X, P4-2.0 GHz, 768 MB PC800 RDRAM
PC #6 - COMPAQ Evo N1020v laptop, P4-2.4 GHz, 1 GB PC2700 DDR
PC #7 - Dell Dimension 4600i, P4-2.8 GHz, 512 MB PC2700 DDR
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thanks KW, a quick glance at those chart shows the mobiles run at a lower voltage and have a higher heat tolerence.
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Yup.
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PC #2 - Amptron PM-7900 (M520), i200 non-MMX, 128 MB EDO
PC #3 - HP8766C, PIII-667, 768 MB SDRAM
PC #4 - ASUS P3V4X, PIII-733, 256 MB SDRAM
PC #5 - Gateway 700X, P4-2.0 GHz, 768 MB PC800 RDRAM
PC #6 - COMPAQ Evo N1020v laptop, P4-2.4 GHz, 1 GB PC2700 DDR
PC #7 - Dell Dimension 4600i, P4-2.8 GHz, 512 MB PC2700 DDR
PC #8 - Acer EeePC netbook, Atom N270 @ 1.60 GHz, 1 GB RAM
PC #9 - ??? ;)
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