Can this Mobo do 1GHz?

[Ulubula]

Have an old Elite Group P6BXT-A Mobo, Intel 810 chipset. Max FSB is 100MHz. Multiplier in bios only goes upto 8 on "Manual" setting. On "Auto" the thing only goes upto a 533Mhz chip, no option to play with multiplier in "Auto" configuration.

Can I go for a P3 1000e, or will I be forced to max-out at 800MHz cos of the max "manual" multiplier setting? I've been told the board should just auto-detect the new CPU's speed and run at 1GHz, but I'm a little dubious about that...

Hell, I'm not even sure if my old Diamond Viper 8Mb Graphics card will run at 100FSB, may only be able to handle the slovenly 66MHz I'm running at now! (I have a Celeron 400 @ 450)

 

[GFORCE100]

Yes it should work since the multipier is locked.

As for your Viper 3D card. It will not work at 100MHz at all. AGP is not FSB. AGP on the 810 chipset I believe is upto 4x. Your card supports AGP 1x so it will work at 66MHz mode.

1GHz with a 10x multiplier is nice.

However, you are far better off getting some better motherboard that has a proper chipset. 810 is slow really, meant for the economy range of Celerons. Something like an 815EP board should be on your shopping list.