Sounds good to me :) -Jared On Monday, December 16, 2002, at 09:59 AM, Oyumeen Byruhd wrote:
> A friend who worked in CPU design at Intel told me this, years ago, > and it > was confirmed by engineers at HP and Motorola (and I'm assuming it > still > holds true): > > CPU speed was assigned by failure...if it failed at Z speed but not at > Y, it > was assigned Y speed. > It it failed at Z and Y, but not at X, it was stamped X speed, and so > on > until the CPU wasn't viable at any MARKETABLE speed. > > BUT...if the manufacturer got an order for a certain number of X speed > CPUs, > but only had Y and Z speed...if they wanted the order, the Y and Z > speed > CPUs would be stamped X, and shipped. > > And that's why some people have very successful "overclocking" and > others > have less or no success...many of the chips we think are being > overclocked > really aren't being hopped up at all. > > > -- > G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives > | > -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! > | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
