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To: Mani1 who started this subject	11/2/2000 1:15:48 PM
From: dougSF30	Read Replies (2) of 275872

Register (Andrew Thomas) now guessing that Gigabyte's 760 problem is stability at 266 FSB. theregister.co.uk AMD 760 problem identified? By: Andrew Thomas Posted: 02/11/2000 at 16:32 GMT Stalwart DDR supporter and Rambus-hater, Tom's Hardware Guide, couldn't make its sample Gigabyte GA-7DX mobo run reliably at 133MHz FSB. Could this point to the reason DDR Athlons aren't quite with us yet? As THG says: "Unfortunately it was a too early version to run reliably at 133 MHz FSB. Thus we tested an Athlon 1000/100 in this board, as AMD was unwilling or unable to supply our German lab with an Athlon 1200/100." Although THG still maintains its stance that there are no problems with either the AMD 760 in general and the Gigabyte GA-7DX in particular, the mobo's inability to support 266MHz DDR SDRAM could well be causing system builders to be holding back until this support is forthcoming. Needless to say, the board still got a good write-up. ® ----------------------------------------- So why is this a problem with the 760, given that the reference mobos run fine at 266 FSB? Maybe Gigabyte does have an issue, but it's probably their motherboard at fault. (Remember the gateway saga from June?) Also, why hasn't Andrew Thomas called up Micron? He keeps screaming about NEC system delays... but never mentions Micron... Maybe they are telling him they are shipping systems, and that doesn't fit into his bias. This guy is generating a lot of sensational headlines without much data. This last one, his own guess gets the headline 'AMD 760 problem identified?' ?!?!! Doug

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