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To: Maxwell who wrote (40917)	11/5/1998 8:58:00 PM
From: Cirruslvr	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573439

Maxwell Nice catch! One thing they didn't talk about is the enhanced core of the K6-2 400. Maybe it could be a little faster than that because the bios has to be slightly modified to get the full effect of write combining and he didn't mention anything like that.

To: Maxwell who wrote (40917)	11/5/1998 9:01:00 PM
From: Ali Chen	Respond to of 1573439

<K6-2-400 Overclocks to 500MHz! ... Enjoy> Thanks, I have enjoyed all this already, and quite a bit more... Now it is woodworker's turn to see published numbers and get ready to cream his pants. I'd like to see Yousef's face when he will read reviews from Comdex, especially about the K7 "FET strength" and voltage it runs at... Remember all these posts of IntelBuffoons about manufacturing of PA-8500 and some Alphas at Intel? The more correct reading of this info may be that Intel is degrading to a second-grade foundry. They seem to lose all design expertise and are capable only of small incremental additions to the single core. With no LI and copper they will be a sub-500MHZ foundry for shipsets. They did once a smart move by exiting the DRAM market due to competitive pressure. Soon it could be a time to make another smart move... To internet providers maybe? Regards, - Ali

To: Maxwell who wrote (40917)	11/5/1998 9:01:00 PM
From: Brian Hutcheson	Respond to of 1573439

Good find Maxwell , I like the comment in Tom's conclusion "There are rumours that we can expect an improved FPU unit in the K6-3 , if these rumours are true the the k6-3 will be by far the best CPU in early 1999 . Brian

To: Maxwell who wrote (40917)	11/5/1998 9:51:00 PM
From: Kevin K. Spurway	Respond to of 1573439

Re: "K6-2-400 Overclocks to 500MHz!" Hmmm. So much for everything Yousef has posted about process technology--right from day one. 1999 could be a painful year for Intel--especially the second half when K7 ships in the millions and destroys Intel's workstation and server margins. Kevin

To: Maxwell who wrote (40917)	11/5/1998 10:12:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573439

Maxwell - Re: "K6-2-400 Overclocks to 500MHz!" Looks like the Uberclockermeister CONFIRMS that the K6-2 needs to be jacked up in operating voltage to get more speed. The chip was originally marked as 2.2v core, but we couldn't go anywhere without raising it to 2.3v. Even settings such as 83x5 (ie. 415Mhz) required 2.3v to run stable. This is very interesting, could it be that 2.2v peaks at somewhere between 400 & 450Mhz? This could mean that later versions of the K6-3 could use something like 2.3v (maybe even 2.4v?), so I'd strongly recommend you to only purchase motherboards that have from 2.0v to 3.0v settings in 0.1v intervals, otherwise you may be forced to upgrade your motherboard when you move to the K6-3. Paul