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To: Cirruslvr who wrote (39743)	10/22/1998 1:04:00 PM
From: Badger	Respond to of 1578998

Cirruslvr, I don't think Intel much cares about overclocking one way or the other. The bulk of Intel's processors are in business machines and I can't imagine an IT manager at any company, anywhere, would be willing to take a chance overclocking a work computer. I'm strictly a 'chip groupie.' I don't know anything about chip architecture or processes. I work in Intel's Systems Management Division, a software division that makes network management products. If you're in IT you've probably heard of us. If you're not, you may be surprised that Intel even has a software shop. But it's a great place to work. My bosses know about overclocking, oh yes. In fact, it was my team lead who first suggested it to me. Now several people around here, including my manager, are doing it - it's a no-brainer with the Celeron 300 A. Pay $150 for a chip that, when overclocked, performs almost identically to a Pentium II 450 that costs $400~? It's the greatest overclockable chip in history. I think it's a credit to Intel chips that they overclock so well. Even overclocked by 50 percent and running Unreal at 800x600, my Celeron is barely warm to the touch (with the heat sink and fan running). The chipset on my Voodoo2 gets hotter than that. I'm afraid my limited knowledge of chip architecture prevents me from understanding technical announcements a la AMD's K7, but you can be sure I'll be watching the benchmarks. I haven't checked out Tom's lately - he should have some good stuff up from the microprocessor conference that just wound up a few weeks ago. What are you running in your PC these days? Must be an AMD chip, judging from your posts. :) How do you like it? And if not Cirrus Logic...what? Clouds? If you don't mind sharing, that is... Best, Badger