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To: tejek who wrote (93764)	2/17/2000 2:39:00 AM
From: Mani1	Respond to of 1573414

Ted Re <<do you think there is considerable performance difference between a 550 and 650. I have to decide which chip I am going to go with......the price difference is about $80. That's not a big deal but I don't know that I need a 650 since I run very few graphics and I never play any of the internet level games.>> I would pay the extra $80 with 128 MB of ram. You then should be good for 2.5 years. The extra 100 MHz won't make any difference now, but it can delay your next upgrade by 6 months or so. Mani

To: tejek who wrote (93764)	2/17/2000 2:44:00 AM
From: Y. Samuel Arai	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573414

Ted: Re: ...do you think there is considerable performance difference between a 550 and 650. I have to decide which chip I am going to go with......the price difference is about $80. That's not a big deal but I don't know that I need a 650 since I run very few graphics and I never play any of the internet level games. I know you posed this question for Mani, but for the price difference, I'd go for the 650... better yet get a 550 and get the $85 Afterburner GFD and overclock it to 750-850. outsideloop.com I purchased one of their customized systems, and its great! (500 overclocked to 750, 100% guaranteed stable). It has been 100% stable so far. Now they have 550Mhz Athlon systems overclocked up to 800 and even 850Mhz, all guaranteed to be 100% stable. So I think you could easily OC your 550 to 700+ yourself without problems. There are other GFD devices out there, but I found Outside Loop's Afterburner GFD to be much more elegant in design with its rotary dials to control voltage and frequency, compared with the dip-switch solution of everyone else.