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To: fyo who wrote (64496)	7/9/1999 9:14:00 AM
From: Cirruslvr	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1583682

AMD K7: 700MHz an easy overclock ____________________________________________________________________ AMD K7: 700MHz an easy overclock Sources close to AMD said today that overclocking Athlon K7s is an easy matter, with systems builders easily able to achieve speeds of 700MHz. But things could get even better for overclocking freaks, because the same source said that AMD is likely to introduce a 750MHz part either late in Q3 or early in Q4 this year. If AMD continues its policy of supporting gamers willing to overclock their parts, that could mean some very fast systems will emerge, knocking spots off the Intel competition, he said. Multiprocessor boards are unlikely to arrive until early next year, however. Rana Mainee, European research director at AMD, said: "We don't recommend overclocking but we haven't done anything in K7 to prevent it. If people want to do that, they can choose to do so at their own risk." He said the majority of people using K7s would never want to open a machine but there were dedicated hobbyists who would want to tweak performance to its maximum. He said he was unable to confirm the 750MHz K7 Athlon part, but added: "The K7 core is a great core and its very scalable". ® theregister.co.uk ____________________________________________________________________ If overclocking is so easy, remarking will probably be also. I wonder what AMD will do to combat that. As far as I knew from what has been said on the net, 700MHz was the max this year. And the highest Intel will have is 667MHz, IF the systems come out in November. But this 750MHz is awesome. If it does happen, the computer buyers who want the best will have the highest MHz processor for close to 6 months (according to Tom's now out-dated roadmap tomshardware.com, if AMD doesn't raise the bar again.

To: fyo who wrote (64496)	7/9/1999 12:20:00 PM
From: Scumbria	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583682

fyo, However, it is relatively simple to move the DRDRAM controller onto the CPU - and this reduces the latency substantially It helps a little bit. The problem is mostly due to the fundamentally long latencies of DRAM, particularly on page misses. Scumbria