hp pavilion 563w processor max speed

since hp is very anial about upgrading processors and since i cant find any information on the internet about it

mabe the great people of afterdark will know...

what is the max speed of this computer processor wise

and is there anyone who would tell me this cause i would like to know thanks

HP Pavilion 05 DB215A-ABA 563w 3001211RE101GLEND
System Serial Number: MX248A4631 NA800
Enclosure Type: Other


Board: Intel Corporation NBGV - Northwood/Brookdale-G Validation Board
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies 3.24 10/14/2003

Processor a Main Circuit Board b
2.40 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
8 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache
512 kilobyte tertiary memory cache

LITE-ON COMBO SOHC-4832K [CD-ROM drive]
LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-1693S [CD-ROM drive]

i would like to upgrade the process to a celeron 2.9

 

the only thing that matters is the socket of the motherboard, and what CPUs it supports, If I were you I would do a full motherboard and CPU upgrade.

you can get a P5K-SE for $128 and a good Intel Core 2 duo for $140

 

You could buy a new CPU, but only up to 3.4Ghz, and it'll have to be a Northwood CPU (they're better anyway) You'll have to consider whether that's enough of an upgrade. You current CPU can't really be overclocked.

 

so does that mean the board will max out to 3.2 chats what i wanted to know cause im trying to run never winter knights 2 and it runs but its slow as a bastard

 

That's not the fault of your processor, it's your graphics card.

 

my graphics card is a nvidia fx 5500 with 256 ram and 3,0 shader. so i don't think its that cause its recomended

 

The FX5500 is one of the slowest 256MB cards you can buy, in Neverwinter nights 2 it's insufficient, trust me. NWN2 is still a relatively demanding game, I'll bet it recommends a 256MB card, but it really means a good one, such as a 256MB 7600GT.

 

ok well since i talk to you guys last i changed my board and now i got this


Board: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD MS-7005
bios is this Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG 07/09/2003
i was just wondering if they had a new bios and a free version

and could you guys find me the site that i can download it
im running windows xp pro

Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600) Enclosure Type: Desktop
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
2.40 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
8 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD MS-7005
Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG 07/09/2003
Drives Memory Modules c,d
330.09 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
176.29 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

LITE-ON COMBO SOHC-4832K [CD-ROM drive]
LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-1693S [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

SAMSUNG SP0802N [Hard drive] (80.06 GB) -- drive 0, s/n S00JJ30Y131113, rev TK200-04, SMART Status: Healthy
WDC WD2500JB-00GVC0 [Hard drive] (250.06 GB) -- drive 1, s/n WD-WCAL78756587, rev 08.02D08, SMART Status: Healthy 1248 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'A0' has 1024 MB
Slot 'A1' has 256 MB
Local Drive Volumes

c: (NTFS on drive 0) 80.05 GB 58.17 GB free
f: (NTFS on drive 1) 250.05 GB 118.12 GB free


Standard floppy disk controller
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller]
SiS 5513 IDE UDMA Controller NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 [Display adapter]
SiS 650_651_M650_M652_740 [Display adapter]
COMPAQ FS7600 [Monitor] (15.7"vis, s/n CNQ5030HD8, January 2005)
Bus Adapters Multimedia
SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller (2x)
SiS PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller MPU-401 Compatible MIDI Device
Realtek AC'97 Audio
Standard Game Port

ICatch (VI) PC Camera
Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
PS/2 Compatible Mouse
USB Root Hub (3x)

Communications Other Devices
Agere Win Modem


SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter


thats all that i got in it