Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 14:46:11 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Jim Shankland <jas@flyingfox.com> Cc: toasty@home.dragondata.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG, jkh@time.cdrom.com, phk@critter.freebsd.dk, steve@visint.co.uk Subject: Re: ps segfaults since I overclocked. and worries. Message-ID: <199804102146.OAA01319@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 10 Apr 1998 14:43:57 PDT." <199804102143.OAA06116@biggusdiskus.flyingfox.com>
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> > Well, to the best of my knowledge, the p166 and p200 were almost > > identical except the fact that intel test these prior to shipment, to > > make sure what processor can achieve what clock speed without burning. > > I think overclocking is a 99% fail-proof way to achieve better > > performance from your CPU(To a limited extent, ofcourse) without > > paying more money for something which is about the same. > > Let me make sure I got this right. > > 1. Intel makes chip. > 2. Intel tests chip at 200 MHz; it fails. > 3. Intel tests chip at 166 MHz; it works. > 4. Intel sells chip as a P166. > 5. Customer buys this P166. > 6. Customer overclocks chip to 200 MHz. > 7. Customer experiences failures. > 8. Customer gripes to FreeBSD mailing lists about "inherent limits" > in FreeBSD. Yes. Now you percieve the need for Linux and Windows in the marketplace. Think of them like the super-absorbent towels of the operating system world. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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