Pentium II Question

[Roadkill]

Did Intell ever make a Pentium II in a 500 MHz version? Intell's website says 450 MHz was as high as they went, but the website for my mobo says it will work with P II's up to 500MHz, and I saw an auction on e-bay for a P II 500 MHz. Anyone know for sure?

[ThRoNkA]

Might of been an engineering sample

[BBA]

Nope they never did.

Most people were taking P2 333 (later rev CPU's) and running them at 500 MHz, but that was not an official 500 MHz.

[NDC]

Yep, P2 450Mhz was the last model made for P2... Maybe they had a Typo where they meant P3?

[davidw]

I understood a 500 was in the works, but they stopped at 450.
When I bought my first 333, I heard it went up to (motherboard specs) 500, and the P3 started at 450. But that was in 1998.

[Roadkill]

Thanks for the info, guys! The online manual is probably a typo, It's a combined manual for 2 versions of the same mobo. As far as the e-bay auction, who knows what that guy was thinking.