Author: David Dory
Date: 10:37:33 12/31/01
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On December 30, 2001 at 10:09:51, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On December 30, 2001 at 09:33:38, David Dory wrote: > >>A little confusing since ALL the top Athlon's run at 1.6 GHZ. What >>differentiates thd "1600" "1700" "1800" and "1900" is the CPU's ability to run >>"overclocked", that is, within higher design parameters. > >This is completely wrong. Sorry. The numerical sequence on the chip DOES nenote the ability of the chip to run "overclocked" and within higher design parameters, according to the MSI motherboard book, and AMD. >The '1600-1800' designation on the Athlon XP is used a performance >indicator compared to (of that I'm not sure) classic Athlons or >Intel's Pentium IV. It is not the clock speed. That's why I put "overclocked" in quotes, and used the phrase "higher design parameters". I'm sure "higher performance parameters" is more correct. It appears the term "overclocked" is both specific to the CPU clock speed and is used as a general descriptor to denote higher performance. > >>They are stamped on the >>face, but you can't see it because of the heat sink and fan. > >When you buy the _chip_, it generally does not come with a heat sink >and fan. > When I state that the numbers on the CPU *aren't visible* because of the heat sink and fan, I expect you to understand that there actually *IS* a heat sink and fan. :-)) >>They require excellent air flow for cooling, especially for the "overclocked" >>CPU's. > >If you overclock it, then you get to keep the pieces if it breaks. Yes, they do warn you, they also tell you how much you can overclock the cpu by, and include (in my case) a program specifically to help you do it. Whether this is "overclocking" or merely a further tighening of performance parameters relative to the CPU, I'll leave to others. >GCP Dave
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