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To: Paul Ma who wrote (101294)	3/31/2000 1:40:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Respond to of 1572941

Paul Ma, <Hey, this is false! Go to Anandtech Forums, there are plenty of people hitting cas 2 133 with PNY, Corsair, Micron, Siemens/Infineon chips. Some people have been hitting 140 cas 2 as well.> Most PC133 SDRAM is being sold as CAS3. Demand isn't terribly high for CAS2, which keeps the price from going too high and ensures that there's enough of a supply for those who care about the small performance increase it provides. As for those hitting 140 MHz with CAS2, I wouldn't doubt it. Overclocking DRAM by 5% isn't that hard. It probably reduces the reliability of the DRAM by 5%, which is just fine for people who don't mind the weekly system crash. <I don't know where you get your information from but it's wrong. I see A LOT MORE cas 2 133 than pc800 rdram!> Could it be that both of us are right? Like I said before, most PC133 SDRAM is sold at CAS3. There isn't much demand for CAS2, except from the small minority of performance enthusiasts. Plus, since there's more production dedicated toward PC133 SDRAM than RDRAM, I wouldn't doubt seeing more CAS2 PC133 than PC800. And finally, a high demand for PC800 RDRAM, especially due to the Playstation 2, sure won't help improve the supply or price situation any. Tenchusatsu