Confused on BXMaster cpu support from MSI web page

rsales

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Ok I am confused here. MSI's web page says:

CPU Support Status

MODEL: BX Master

revision: 3.0A with BIOS version: W6163MJ54B8
is currently validated for the following processors:
Note that only the highest speed is shown. If not otherwise indicated, the lower speed processors have already been validated.

Intel PII (Klamath, Slot 1) 300MHz
Intel PII (Deschutes, Slot 1) 450MHz
Intel Celeron (w/o Cache, Slot 1) 300MHz
Intel Celeron A (Slot 1) 500MHz
Intel Celeron A (FPGA 370) 533MHz
Intel Celeron II (Coppermine, FCPGA, FSB 66) 700MHz
Intel PIII (Katmai, Slot 1, FSB 100) 600MHz
Intel PIII (Coppermine, Slot 1, FSB 100) 850MHz
Intel PIII (Coppermine, Slot 1, FSB 133) 866MHz
Intel PIIIE (Coppermine, FCPGA, FSB 100) 850MHz
Intel PIIIEB (Coppermine, FCPGA, FSB 133) 1000MHz

Does the board have the right multipliers to run a 133 FSB and keep the agp and pci at the right speed?
 

rsales

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Ok so stick to 100mhz bus processors in this mother board. Their web page made me think I could run the 133mhz making me THINK it would be just fine. If the agp is overclocked to 89 then I would be asking for instablity problems.
 

mastertech01

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I think you will find there are quite a few video cards that will run stable at 89MHZ these days. Hey, I had a P3V4X that had the 1/2 divider for AGP and it wasnt near as stable for me as the BX Master. Your results may vary of course.