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To: Paul Engel who wrote (115680)	11/2/2000 2:09:55 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Intel Investors - AMD may be experiencing some "difficulties" with their new 760 DDR chip set !! "Stalwart DDR supporter and Rambus-hater, Tom's Hardware Guide, couldn't make its sample Gigabyte GA-7DX mobo run reliably at 133MHz FSB. Could this point to the reason DDR Athlons aren't quite with us yet? " Poor Tom. He probably lost a night's sleep over this ! Paul {========================} theregister.co.uk AMD 760 problem identified? By: Andrew Thomas Posted: 02/11/2000 at 16:32 GMT Stalwart DDR supporter and Rambus-hater, Tom's Hardware Guide, couldn't make its sample Gigabyte GA-7DX mobo run reliably at 133MHz FSB. Could this point to the reason DDR Athlons aren't quite with us yet? As THG says: "Unfortunately it was a too early version to run reliably at 133 MHz FSB. Thus we tested an Athlon 1000/100 in this board, as AMD was unwilling or unable to supply our German lab with an Athlon 1200/100." Although THG still maintains its stance that there are no problems with either the AMD 760 in general and the Gigabyte GA-7DX in particular, the mobo's inability to support 266MHz DDR SDRAM could well be causing system builders to be holding back until this support is forthcoming. Needless to say, the board still got a good write-up