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To: Goutam who wrote (84809)	1/3/2000 4:54:00 PM
From: Y. Samuel Arai	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573217

> readily available compared to what???? Hmmm ;o) I think they mean readily available at many local stores for immediate purchase (compared to Dell and Gateway, which require ordering and waiting for it to ship). E.g. I stopped by Circuit City a few weeks ago. They had many Compaq systems on display, mostly of Athlon and K6-2 systems. They had Athlon 700's, but the fastest PIII system they had in stock was a 550.

To: Goutam who wrote (84809)	1/3/2000 5:04:00 PM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1573217

Goutama, yes, it's good for AMD. Pricewatch showing plenty of Athlon 750's now. No Floppermines to be found except for Mickey's children. Did they ever get their sample back from PCWorld? iNtEL still in a state of denial. Looking at iNtEL's insider trading, it is getting real ugly. When iNtEL misses their third quarter in a row, the institutions will dump it just as fast as they did COMS. The "new" online investors will be left holding the bag for years. Lots of potential! DELL, GTW, and INTC are dependant upon each other, maybe GTW and DELL can help INTC survive a management change. steve

To: Goutam who wrote (84809)	1/3/2000 5:09:00 PM
From: Scot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573217

Goutama and Thread, Happy New Year! I'm just getting back into the swing of things..... An article on a possible software L2 cache control: tech-report.com -Scot The details on this one are still coming into focus, but I thought I'd share what I know already. This development could be a bonanza for Athlon overclocking. I received word yesterday from Dave at the ComputerNerd that the German hardware site hardwarelab.de has posted some info about the latest program from H. Oda, the Japanese author of WCPUID and SoftFSB. Here is a rough translation of that first post on the German site: Athlon L2 Cache Settable by Software! Hardly has the 2/5 divisor become known than the next hammer blow falls. There is a new little program that permits one to simply set the Athlon L2 cache by software, so soldering is no longer necessary. The program with the name AthlonL2 originates from a programmer at www.h-oda.com, which has already developed SoftFSB, WCPUID and other tools. True, I haven't (yet) got the program but am presenting a screenshot! Now this development is significant because the "Golden Fingers" Athlon overclocking cards can't control the L2 cache divisor via the Athlon's edge connector, and the Athlon's L2 cache chips are often the limiting factor for Athlon clock speeds. With control of the L2 cache divisor, Athlon overclocking could get much more interesting. (See our Athlon overclocking FAQ for more detail.) At first, additional information from H. Oda wasn't available, but now hardwarelab.de has received some additional information via e-mail. Here's another (very, very) rough (abrasive, even) translation of another post: New of H.Oda! I received e-mail today from H.Oda. He writes that his Athlon L2 speed program is still in the beta phase. A release date was not determined yet. I did find, however, a further, very interesting screenshot. If you have already resoldered your Athlon L2 cache divisor to 2/5, you may be surprised that WCPUID 2.7 doesn't display 2/5 but an unusual '??? 9' or '??? 4' instead. H.Oda wrote me to advise that the next version of WCPUID will display the correct factor. Note that the screenshot linked in the second post shows a slider for the CPU's multiplier, as well as for the L2 cache divisor!