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To: dougSF30 who wrote (40621)	5/20/2001 3:39:39 PM
From: andreas_wonisch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Doug, Re: I'd guess that, if true, the new AXIA and AVIA steppings don't* have this problem* All 1.33 GHz Athlons have always been the AXIA stepping, so this story is absolute crap. You can overclock every AXIA Athlon (independent from its rated clock-speed) easily to 1.33 GHz at default voltage and up to 1.5 GHz with raised voltage and good cooling. I never heard of any stability problems with this CPU and I read all those "enthusisats" messages boards where they would pop up first. Everyone wants to buy an AXIA Athlon because they overclock so good. If they were unstable at 1.33 GHz at default voltage, they couldn't go much higher. The shortage of 1.33 GHz parts can be contributed alone to very high demand. If you can buy the fastest x86 microprocessor in the world for $200 you won't go for 1.2 GHz if you can save 20 bucks. Since there are plenty of 1.3 GHz (100 MHz FSB) parts available, there is good evidence that this is not a bin-split but a demand problem. Demand for 1.3 GHz is much lower because it is not rated officially for 133 MHz FSB and is only the second fasted processor. The shortage will probably ease as soon as AMD releases a 1.4 GHz. And if you look closely at the picture of the 1.4 GHz Athlon provided by Anand you can clearly see that it is still rated at 1.75V. If anyone has stability problems with his 1.33 GHz Athlons, they can most likely contributed to either bad cooling or an insufficient power supply. Andreas