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To: TimF who wrote (135469)	5/18/2001 8:32:47 PM
From: THE WATSONYOUTH	Respond to of 186894

In that sense throttleing is good. Its much better to run a bit slower then to lock up or crash or even damage the chip. Its not the throttleing down that would be such a problem its that it is needed. It should be very rare in any non-overclocked decently cooled system. If it is not then Intel is rating the clock speed of its chips too high. If it is very rare then the throttleing is just an extra safety mechanism. Yes... of course it is better to throttle down rather than lock up the system. And yes again. I agree the problem is that it is needed in the first place. As you say, it should not be needed in a properly speced, properly cooled system. Yes, if the throttling is not extremely rare, then Intel is overating their systems. And if it occurs only in extremely rare circumstances, then it is just an added safety mechanism. But if you are a potential buyer of such a system, don't you think you deserve to know which?? (especially if you are buying such a system to specifically access that last bit of performance) THE WATSONYOUTH