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To: Elmer who wrote (94776)	2/23/2000 12:20:00 PM
From: Bert Herman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572108

Elmer, You can come over and give a look at my overclocked 440BX board with PC133 SDRAM. It is running for almost two months now without even one time hanging. It must be very easy to release an official 133MHz version of it. For a company like INTEL, it's peanuts. Bert

To: Elmer who wrote (94776)	2/23/2000 4:29:00 PM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572108

Still, I don't know why they haven't invested the resources to do it. (BX upgrade) It's a little puzzling. The upgraded BX could have been the new mainstream chipset, while the other chipsets (810, 815, 829, 840) could have served as exotic alternatives to solidify the market dominance. Joe